Accession Number:

AD0672518

Title:

A PROPOSED TEST OF THE EINSTEIN THEORY OF GRAVITATION BY MEANS OF AN UNSHIELDED ORBITING GYRO USING PASSIVE TELEMETRY,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ILLINOIS UNIV URBANA COORDINATED SCIENCE LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Cooper,D. H.
• Karr,G. R.
• Myers,J. L.
• Skaperdas,D.

Report Date:

1968-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

337.0

Abstract:

This is the final report of a feasibility study of an experiment to measure the first-order precession, predicted by Einsteins General Theory of Relativity, of an earth-orbiting, free gyroscope. The results of this study show that a relatively inexpensive experiment, using an unshielded gyro and a passive data-readout and telemetry system, is now feasible for measuring this precession to an accuracy of about 1. Author

Descriptors:

• (*SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
• *RELATIVITY THEORY)
• (*GRAVITY
• RELATIVITY THEORY)
• GYROSCOPES
• FEASIBILITY STUDIES
• PRECESSION
• TORQUE
• SOLAR WIND
• VISIBILITY
• REFLECTION
• DAMPING
• TRACKING CAMERAS

Subject Categories:

• Quantum Theory and Relativity
• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE