Experimental design for the LATOR mission

Turyshev, Slava G.; Shao, Michael; Nordtvedt, Kenneth Jr.

dc.contributor.author	Turyshev, Slava G.
dc.contributor.author	Shao, Michael
dc.contributor.author	Nordtvedt, Kenneth Jr.
dc.date.accessioned	2006-07-31T17:34:32Z
dc.date.available	2006-07-31T17:34:32Z
dc.date.issued	2004-04-20
dc.identifier.citation	2004 NASA/JPL Workshop on Physics for Planetary Exploration, Solvang, California, April 20-24, 2004.	en
dc.identifier.clearanceno	04-3829
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/39606
dc.description.abstract	This paper discusses experimental design for the Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity (LATOR) mission. LATOR is designed to reach unprecedented accuracy of 1 part in 108 in measuring the curvature of the solar gravitational field as given by the value of the key Eddington post-Newtonian parameter γ. This mission will demonstrate the accuracy needed to measure effects of the next post- Newtonian order (∝ G2) of light deflection resulting from gravity’s intrinsic non-linearity.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en
dc.format.extent	1563657 bytes
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004.	en
dc.subject	Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity (LATOR)	en
dc.subject	optical communication	en
dc.subject	geometric redundancy	en
dc.subject	laser ranging	en
dc.subject	long-baseline optical interferometry.	en
dc.title	Experimental design for the LATOR mission	en
dc.type	Preprint	en