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Best-fit estimate of relativistic effects in time-delay experiments.Time-delay experiments are analyzed within the frame of a curved space-time. Residuals from Newtonian best fits of relativistic data are used as a measure of the 'relativistic effects.' Radial transponder trajectories are considered. If the motion is towards the sun, the relativistic residuals are of the order of 100 m. If the motion is away from the sun, they are at the 10-km level and the fraction due to the second-order curvature of the metric is at the 1-km level. Those effects are significantly smaller than those calculated from the divergence of the Newtonian and relativistic predictions after exact fit of the initial measurements.
Document ID
19720056205
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Richard, J.-P.
(Maryland, University College Park, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
August 15, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: Physical Review D - Particles and Fields
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Accession Number
72A39871
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-21-002-214
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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