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The restoration of the quadrupole light bending: the Gaia Relativistic EXperiment (GAREX-II)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2008

A. Oscoz ,
E. Mediavilla ,
M. Serra-Ricart ,
M.T. Crosta ,
D. Gardiol ,
M.G. Lattanzi  and
R. Morbidelli
M.T. Crosta
Affiliation:
INAF-OATo, Strada Osservatorio 20, Pino Torinese, Torino, Italy
D. Gardiol
Affiliation:
INAF-OATo, Strada Osservatorio 20, Pino Torinese, Torino, Italy
M.G. Lattanzi
Affiliation:
INAF-OATo, Strada Osservatorio 20, Pino Torinese, Torino, Italy
R. Morbidelli
Affiliation:
INAF-OATo, Strada Osservatorio 20, Pino Torinese, Torino, Italy
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Abstract

The ESA astrometric mission Gaia (launch in late 2011) will be able to put to test General Relativity (GR) also thanks to a differential experiment, GAREX, implemented in the form of repeated Eddington-like measurement, aiming at measuring, for the first time, the quadrupole light bending due to an oblate planet.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 30: Spanish Relativity Meeting - Encuentros Relativistas Españoles, ERE2007: Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology , 2008 , pp. 387
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2008

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