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Abstract
| Title: |
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On the Cause of Geodetic Satellite Accelerations
and Other Correlated Unmodeled Phenomena |
| Authors: |
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Mayer, A. F. |
| Affiliation: |
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AA(Affymetrix, Inc., 3380 Central Expressway,
Santa Clara, CA 95051 United States ;
amayer@xxxxxxxxxxxx) |
| Journal: |
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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005,
abstract #G41B-0363 |
| Publication Date: |
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12/2005 |
| Origin: |
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AGU |
| AGU Keywords: |
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1229 Reference systems, 1243 Space geodetic
surveys, 6964 Radio wave propagation, 7504 Celestial mechanics, 7969
Satellite drag (1241) |
| Abstract Copyright: |
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(c) 2005: American Geophysical Union |
| Bibliographic Code: |
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2005AGUFM.G41B0363M |
AbstractAn oversight in the development of the Einstein
field equations requires a well-defined amendment to general relativity that
very slightly modifies the weak-field Schwarzschild geometry yielding
unambiguous new predictions of gravitational relativistic phenomena. The secular
accelerations of LAGEOS, Etalon and other geodetic satellites are definitively
explained as a previously unmodeled relativistic effect of the gravitational
field. Observed dynamic variations may be correlated to the complex dynamic
relationship between the satellite angular momentum vector and the solar
gravitational gradient associated with the orbital motion of the Earth and the
natural precession of the satellite orbit. The Pioneer Anomaly, semidiurnal
saw-toothed pseudo-range residuals of GPS satellites, peculiar results of radio
occultation experiments, secular accelerations of Solar System moons, the
conspicuous excess redshift of white dwarf stars and other documented empirical
observations are all correlated to the same newly modeled subtle relativistic
energy effect. Modern challenges in the determination and maintenance of an
accurate and reliable terrestrial reference frame, difficulties with global time
synchronization at nanosecond resolution and the purported existence of unlikely
excessive undulations of the Geoid relative to the Ellipsoid are all related to
this previously unknown phenomenon inherent to the gravitational field. Doppler
satellite measurements made by the TRANSIT system (the precursor to GPS) were
significantly affected; WGS 84 coordinates and other geodetic data now assumed
to be correct to high accuracy require correction based on the new theoretical
developments.
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