Lunar Laser Ranging

Das Erde-Mond-System und Tests der Einstein'schen Gravitationstheorie

authored by

Franz Hofmann, Jürgen Müller, Liliane Biskupek

Abstract

The Earth-Moon system represents a natural laboratory which can be observed with very high accuracy by Lunar Laser Ranging - LLR. The analysis of LLR data enables a unique view into the system's dynamic and allows testing predictions of Einstein's theory of gravity. This article describes the technique and analysis of LLR data and gives an overview of the estimated parameters from LLR with special focus on long-periodic nutation coefficients of the Earth and tests of Einstein's theory of gravity.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Geodesy

Type

Article

Journal

zfv – Zeitschrift für Geodäsie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement

Volume

140

Pages

337-345

No. of pages

9

ISSN

1618-8950

Publication date

01.2015

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.12902/zfv-0087-2015 (Access: Unknown)

 

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