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Probing Space-Time in the Solar System:. from Cassini to Bepicolombo

Iess, Luciano; Asmar, Sami

Spacecraft radio science techniques can be used for precision solar system tests of relativistic gravity, as was demonstrated by the measurement of the Doppler shift of radio signals with the Cassini mission. Similar experiments are planned for the BepiColombo mission to Mercury. Recent theoretical developments based on string theory and inflation…