Phys. Rev. 170, 1186–1187 (1968)Testing Relativity with Laser Ranging to the MoonReceived 11 December 1967; revised 29 February 1968; published in the issue dated June 1968 Precise laser ranging to the moon is shown to be capable of measuring the ratio (mg/mi) of gravitational mass to inertial mass of the earth to accuracy sufficient to detect gravitational self-energy contributions. If mg/mi of the earth differs from 1 by an amount of order (earth gravitational self-energy)/(earth total energy), then the lunar orbit will acquire a range oscillation of amplitude about 12 m. © 1968 The American Physical Society URL:
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