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Relativistic effects in geodetic VLBI measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

M. Soffel
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl fuer theoretische Astrophysik, Auf der Morgenstelle 12, 7400 Tuebingen, FRG SFB78, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 8000 Muenchen, FRG
H. Ruder
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl fuer theoretische Astrophysik, Auf der Morgenstelle 12, 7400 Tuebingen, FRG
M. Schneider
Affiliation:
SFB78, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 8000 Muenchen, FRG
J. Campbell
Affiliation:
Geodaetisches Institut, Universitaet Bonn, 5300 Bonn, FRG
H. Schuh
Affiliation:
Geodaetisches Institut, Universitaet Bonn, 5300 Bonn, FRG

Abstract

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The various relativistic effects occuring in VLBI measurements are discussed. A concrete example showing the influence of the gravitational delay due to the Sun upon the delay residuals from fit in a Mark III geodetic VLBI experiment is given. It is argued that regular geodetic VLBI observations might provide the best test of Einstein's theory of gravity on the post-Newtonian level in the near future.

Type
Relativistic Effects Near the Earth
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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