paper

On the anomalous increase of the lunar eccentricity

arXiv:1105.4863

Abstract

Possible explanations of the recently reported anomalous increase of the eccentricity of the lunar orbit are sought in terms of classical Newtonian mechanics, general relativity, and long-range modifications of gravity.

arXiv commentLaTex2e, 4 pages, no figures, no tables, 17 references. Submitted to the Proceedings of the 46th Rencontres de Moriond. Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity. 20-27 March 2011, La Thuile, Val d'Aosta, Italy