Stephen L Adler 2008 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 412002 doi:10.1088/1751-8113/41/41/412002
Stephen L Adler
Show affiliationsWe point out that by comparing the total mass (in gravitational units) of the earth–moon system, as determined by lunar laser ranging, with the sum of the lunar mass as independently determined by its gravitational action on satellites or asteroids, and the earth mass, as determined by the LAGEOS geodetic survey satellite, one can get a direct measure of the mass of earth-bound dark matter lying between the radius of the moon's orbit and the geodetic satellite orbit. Current data show that the mass of such earth-bound dark matter must be less than 4 × 10−9 of the earth's mass.
95.35.+d Dark matter (stellar, interstellar, galactic, and cosmological)
96.30.Ys Asteroids (minor planets)
Environmental and Earth science
Issue 41 (17 October 2008)
Received 15 August 2008, in final form 3 September 2008
Published 19 September 2008
Stephen L Adler 2008 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 412002
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