https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2019-12602-6
Regular Article
Test of gravitomagnetism with satellites around the Earth
1
Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino, Italy
2
INFN, Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, Torino, Italy
* e-mail: matteo.ruggiero@polito.it
Received:
28
October
2018
Accepted:
28
February
2019
Published online:
14
May
2019
We focus on the possibility of measuring the gravitomagnetic effects due to the rotation of the Earth, by means of a space-based experiment that exploits satellites in geostationary orbits. Due to the rotation of the Earth, there is an asymmetry in the propagation of electromagnetic signals in opposite directions along a closed path around the Earth. We work out the delays between the two counter-propagating beams for a simple configuration, and suggest that accurate time measurements could allow, in principle, to detect the gravitomagnetic effect of the Earth.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature, 2019
