Testing General Relativistic Predictions with the LAGEOS Satellites

Table 4

Values (in mas yr⁻¹) of the nodal precession for LAGEOS and LAGEOS II orbits due to relativistic and classical gravitational effects.

Effect	LAGEOS	LAGEOS II
Lense-Thirring	30.88	31.48
𝐶20 (EGM96)	2.702×10^10	−4.982×10^10
𝛿𝐶20 (EGM96)	−3.240×10^3	5.975×10^3
𝛿𝐶20 (EIGEN-GRACE02S)	−2.960×10^3	5.458×10^3