Relativity, or gravitational physics, has widely entered geodetic modelling and parameter
determination. This concerns, first of all, the fundamental reference systems used. The …

We deal with the attempts to measure the Lense-Thirring effect with the Satellite Laser
Ranging (SLR) technique applied to the existing LAGEOS and LAGEOS II terrestrial …

Some historical documents, especially the Einstein–Besso manuscript from 1913, an
extensive notebook by H. Thirring from 1917, and the correspondence between Thirring and …

The perspectives of detecting the general relativistic gravitomagnetic Lense–Thirring effect
on the orbits of the Galilean moons of Jupiter induced by the angular momentum S of the …

In this paper we calculate explicitly the classical secular precessions of the node Ω and the
perigee ω of an Earth artificial satellite induced by the even zonal harmonics of the static part …

In 1859, Le Verrier discovered the Mercury perihelion advance anomaly. This anomaly
turned out to be the first relativistic gravity effect observed. During the 157 years to 2016, the …

The status of experimental tests of the foundations of present day standard physics is given.
These foundations mainly consists of the Universality of Free Fall, the Universality of the …

The general relativistic Lense–Thirring (LT) precessions of the perihelia of the inner planets
of the Solar System amount to≲ 10-3 arcseconds per century. Recent improvements in …

The Gravity Probe B (GP-B) Relativity Mission is a fundamental physics experiment to test
Einstein's theory of General Relativity based on observations of spinning gyroscopes …

We examine how the new forthcoming Earth gravity models from the CHAMP and,
especially, GRACE missions could improve the measurement of the general relativistic …