On Some Critical Issues of the LAGEOS-Based Tests of the Lense-Thirring Effect

Abstract

We summarize some critical issues pertaining the tests of the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect performed by I. Ciufolini and coworkers in the gravitational field of the Earth with the geodetic satellites LAGEOS and LAGEOS II tracked with the Satellite Laser Ranging technique.Comment: Latex2e, 14 pages, no figures, no tables, 67 references. I thank M. Cerdonio for private communication (September 2010