Everything about Geodetic effect
Precession of satellite orbits due to a celestial body's presence affecting spacetime
The geodetic effect is a consequence of the curvature of spacetime, predicted by general relativity, on a vector carried along with an orbiting body. For example, the vector could be the angular momentum of a gyroscope orbiting the Earth, as carried out by the Gravity Probe B experiment. The geodetic effect was first predicted by Willem de Sitter in 1916, who provided relativistic corrections to the Earth–Moon system's motion. De Sitter's work was extended in 1918 by Jan Schouten and in 1920 by Adriaan Fokker. It can also be applied to a particular secular precession of astronomical orbits, equivalent to the rotation of the Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Geodetic effectA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Doppler handbook for Magnavox MX 1502The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Effect of annual signals on geodetic velocityCited 481 times
- Go sideways: Spherically symmetric spacetimeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Theoretical motivation for general relativityA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun the change in the spin of a gyroscope as it moves through curved spacetime
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Effect of annual signals on geodetic velocity
On the effect of ionospheric delay on geodetic relative GPS positioning
Effect of heteroscedasticity and heterogeneousness on outlier detection for geodetic networks
Effect of Surface Mass Loading on Geodetic GPS Observations
Dark energy as a geometrical effect in geodetic brane gravity
Space to earth geodetic observations: approaching the atmospheric effect
The geodetic effect along polar orbits in the Kerr spacetime
EFFECT OF INTRODUCTION OF DOPPLER ON SUDAN GEODETIC WORK
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Doppler handbook for Magnavox MX 1502Jerry Fiedler · 1986
- 📕Berechnungsverfahren für die Bestimmung des Erdschwerepotentials aus Doppler-Beobachtungen mit Hilfe des Modells einer einfachen SchichtB. Witte · 1971
- 📕Über die Anwendung des Verfahrens zur Integration der Doppler-Frequenzverschiebung von Signalen künstlicher, erdnaher Satelliten für die geodätische OrtsbestimmungArnold Wallenhauer · 1971
- 📕Satelliten-Dopplermessungen als unterstützende Beobachtungen bei der Kontrolle und Verbesserung eines geodätischen Netzes in VenezuelaMelvin Hoyer · 1982
- 📕Satellite doppler tracking and its geodetic applicationsV. Ashkenazi, Desmond King-Hele · 1980
- 📕Proceedings of the second International Geodetic Symposium on Satellite Doppler PositioningUnited States. Defense Mapping Agency, National Ocean Survey · 1979
- 📕Proceedings of the third International Geodetic Symposium on Satellite Doppler PositioningUnited States. Defense Mapping Agency, National Ocean Survey · 1982
- 📕A general method for the computation of Cartesian coordinates and partial derivatives of the two-body problemGoodyear, W. H. · 1966
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