1112.4652 (Qasem Exirifard)

Lunar system constraints on the modified theories of gravity    [PDF]

Qasem Exirifard

The Modified gravity's approach to the missing mass problem in galaxies requires introducing a functional that is to be identified through observations and experiments. We report that the accurate value of the Earth GM measured by the Lunar Laser Ranging and that by various artificial Earth satellites, including the accurate tracking of the LAGEOS satellites, firmly constraint this functional such that most of the so-far chosen/proposed functional are refuted. This implies that the transition from the Newtonian regime to the MONDian one is to be steeper than what commonly thought.

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