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A decisive test for the general relativity

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A very accurate evaluation of the Schwarzschild constants is now possible from continuous observation of the spin axes of coupled gyroscopes, because the angular velocities of these axes can be more than 100000 times greater than the better known precession velocity of a single gyro in orbit around the Earth.

This enormous increase in velocity is a consequence of a gravo-magnetic effect in gravitational interaction that resembles the electro-magnetic effect in electrical interaction.

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Blokland, A. A decisive test for the general relativity. Astrophys Space Sci 12, 219–242 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00656152

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