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Lense-Thirring effect: a standalone construct

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General relativity

the dragging of local inertial frames by a rotating mass, which makes nearby orbits and gyroscopes precess.

In general relativity, Lense-Thirring effect refers to the dragging of local inertial frames by a rotating mass, which makes nearby orbits and gyroscopes precess. This meaning comes from Ciufolini (2004) in Nature.[1]

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References

  1. Ciufolini, I., & Pavlis, E. C. (2004). A confirmation of the general relativistic prediction of the Lense–Thirring effect. Nature, 431(7011), 958-960. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03007

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