3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Has Kronos devoured Planet Nine and its epigones?
Lorenzo Iorio
The Planet Nine hypothesis encompasses a body of about 5-8 Earth's masses whose orbital plane would be inclined to the ecliptic by one or two tens of degrees and whose perihelion d…
gr-qc2025
Nethotrons: exploring the possibility of measuring relativistic spin precessions, from Earth's satellites to the Galactic Centre
Lorenzo Iorio
By ``nethotrons'', from the ancient Greek verb for to ``spin'', it is meant here a natural or artificial rotating object, like a pulsar or an artificial satellite, whose rotational…
gr-qc2025
Will LAGEOS and LARES 2 succeed in accurately measuring frame-dragging?
Lorenzo Iorio
The current LAGEOS-LARES 2 experiment aims to accurately measure the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect in the gravitomagnetic field of the spinning Earth generated by the…