127 citations
3 papers
gr-qc2011★ 3 cited
On Some Critical Issues of the LAGEOS-Based Tests of the Lense-Thirring Effect
L. Iorio
We summarize some critical issues pertaining the tests of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect performed by I. Ciufolini and coworkers in the gravitational field of the E…
astro-ph.EP2011★ 127 cited
Combining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes
Josef Durech, Mikko Kaasalainen, David Herald +9
Asteroid sizes can be directly measured by observing occultations of stars by asteroids. When there are enough observations across the path of the shadow, the asteroid's projected…
physics.space-ph2010
Is it plausible to expect a close encounter of the Earth with a yet undiscovered astronomical object in the next few years?
Lorenzo Iorio
We analytically and numerically investigate the possibility that a still undiscovered body X, moving along an unbound hyperbolic path from outside the solar system, may penetrate i…