Francis Everitt

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British person academic physicist

Francis Everitt was a British physicist best known for leading the Gravity Probe B mission that tested key predictions of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

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instanceOf British person ⓘ
academic ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
affiliation Gravity Probe B team NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stanford Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt Imperial College London NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of London ⓘ
employer Stanford University ⓘ
fieldOfWork experimental gravitation ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
physics ⓘ
knownFor leading the Gravity Probe B mission ⓘ
tests of general relativity ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableAchievement experimental confirmation of frame-dragging with Gravity Probe B ⓘ
experimental confirmation of geodetic effect with Gravity Probe B ⓘ
notableWork Gravity Probe B NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
positionHeld principal investigator of Gravity Probe B ⓘ
researchInterest Einstein’s general theory of relativity NERFINISHED ⓘ
frame-dragging ⓘ
geodetic effect ⓘ
gravitomagnetism ⓘ
studied physics ⓘ
workLocation Stanford, California NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Gravity Probe B experiment → principalInvestigator → Francis Everitt ⓘ
subject surface form: Gravity Probe B