Finally, results from Gravity Probe B

@article{Will2011FinallyRF,
  title={Finally, results from Gravity Probe B},
  author={Clifford M. Will},
  journal={Physics},
  year={2011},
  volume={4},
  pages={43}
}
  • C. Will
  • Published 31 May 2011
  • Physics
  • Physics
Nearly fifty years after its inception, the Gravity Probe B satellite mission delivers the first measurements of how a spinning gyroscope precesses in the gravitational warping of spacetime. 
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