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'''Lorenzo Iorio''' ([[Bari]], 1971) is an [[Italians|Italian]] physicist active in the field of <ref>
{{cite web
|url= http://digilander.libero.it/lorri/research_activity.htm
|title=L. Iorio: research activity
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref> [[general relativity]] phenomenology, and more broadly, [[gravitational physics]] in several astronomical and astrophysical scenarios.

In particular, he studied several aspects of measuring the general relativistic [[frame-dragging]] effect with artificial spacecraft, natural satellites, planets and stars orbiting different types of bodies.<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19325874.800-loner-stakes-claim-to-gravity-prize.html
|title = Loner stakes claim to gravity prize
| first       = Stuart
| last        = Clark
|date =  18 January 2007
|work = New Scientist
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.weltderphysik.de/gebiet/astro/news/2007/lense-thirring-effekt-rotierende-raumzeit-gemessen/
|title = Lense-Thirring-Effekt: Rotierende Raumzeit gemessen?
|date =  19 January 2007
|language = German
|accessdate=18 January 2013
|work = [[Welt der Physik]]
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|title = Mars-sonde beviser Einsteins teori
|url = http://ing.dk/artikel/76471?highlight=Iorio
|date =  19 January 2007
|last = Ramskov
|first = Jens
|work = [[Ingeniøren]]
|language = Danish
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|title = Mars sleurt door aswenteling ruimte en tijd met zich mee
|url = http://archief.nrc.nl/?modus=l&text=Lorenzo+Iorio&hit=2&set=1&check=Y
|date =  27 January 2007
|last = Beekman
|format =
|first = George
|work = Science supplement of [[NRC Handelsblad]]
|language = Dutch
|accessdate= 18 January 2013
}}</ref> In this context, he performed detailed analyses of several potential sources of systematic bias which may impact the total accuracy of many performed and proposed tests of such subtle effect predicted within the framework of [[general relativity]]. Another line of research pursued by Iorio was the possible existence of the [[Pioneer anomaly]] as a genuine gravitational phenomena.<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006S%26T...112a..20H
|last = Hellemans
|first = Alexander
|title = Pioneer Anomaly Mystery Narrows
|date =  July 2006
|work = [[Sky and Telescope]]
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025541.800
|title = Have we got gravity all wrong?
| first       = Stuart
| last        = Clark
|date =  3 June 2006
|work = New Scientist
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref> Indeed, if it was really due to an external gravitational cause, also the orbital motions of the major natural bodies moving in the spatial regions in which the [[Pioneer anomaly]] was detected should be affected as well. Iorio studied also the phenomenology of various [[modified models of gravity]] like, e.g., the [[DGP]] braneworld model.<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.geo.de/GEO/natur/kosmos/4670.html
|title = Astrophysik: Die Sonne entfernt sich
|language    = German
|date = 22 November 2005
|work= [[GEO (magazine)]]
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.geo.de/_components/GEO/info/presse/files/2005/geo_200512_astrophysik.pdf
|title = ASTROPHYSIK - Hat der Weltraum vier Dimensionen?
|language    = German
|format = PDF
|date = 20 November 2005
| location    = Hamburg
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref>  He also looked at the effects that a [[Hideki Yukawa|Yukawa]]-type long-range modification of the usual [[Newton]]'s inverse-square law of gravity may have on planetary motions.<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/30975
|title = Modified gravity fails at long distances
|date =  24 August 2007
|accessdate=18 January 2013
|work= [[Physics World]]
|first = Jon
|last = Cartwright
}}</ref>
Iorio studied the consequences that a steady accumulation of non-annihilating [[dark matter]], especially in the form of [[mirror matter]], may have on the planets of the [[Sun]].<ref>
{{cite web
|title = Sun's appetite for dark matter may affect Earth's orbit
|url = http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41505
|date =  25 January 2010
|first = Edwin
|last = Cartlidge
|work= [[Physics World]]
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref>  Moreover, he also investigated the impact that a steady mass decrease of the [[Sun]] will have on the remote future of the [[Earth]]'s orbit.<ref>
{{cite web
|title = The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth-Maybe
|url = http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-sun-will-eventually-engulf-earth-maybe
|date =  8 September 2008
|last = Appell
|first = David
|work = Scientific American
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref> Another topic covered by Iorio was the search of possible explanations of the anomalous increase of the [[eccentricity]] of the [[lunar orbit]].<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://grenzwissenschaft-aktuell.blogspot.com/2011/03/forscher-ratseln-uber-bahnveranderung.html
|title = Forscher rätseln über Bahnveränderung des Mondes
| first       = Andreas
| last        = Müller
|date = 16 March 2011
|work = grenz wissenschaft-aktuell
|accessdate=18 January 2013
|language =  German
}}</ref>

Iorio has published so far over 160<ref>
{{cite web
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|title=Author query results
|work=[[NASA ADS]]
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref> papers in international [[peer-reviewed]] journals.  As it can be retrieved from the  [[Astrophysics Data System]], jointly managed by [[NASA]] and the [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory]], the [[h-index]] of Iorio is, at present, 25 with over 1180 citations (self-citations excluded).

Iorio received in 2003 a prize<ref name="hinda"/> for his scientific activity by the [[Italian Physical Society]]. [[Elsevier]] awarded him two New Astronomy Top Cited Article 2005-2010 awards<ref name="hinda">
{{cite web
|url = http://www.hindawi.com/68367584/
|title = From Iorio's page by [[Hindawi Publishing Corporation]]
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}
</ref> in 2010 for two papers of him published in the journal
[[New Astronomy]]. Some papers of him were included<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/physics-and-astronomy/21/journal/new-astronomy/13841076/archive/5
|title = Top 25 Hottest Articles, Physics and Astronomy, New Astronomy, July to September 2005
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/physics-and-astronomy/21/journal/new-astronomy/13841076/archive/8
|title = Top 25 Hottest Articles, Physics and Astronomy, New Astronomy, April to June 2006
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/physics-and-astronomy/21/journal/new-astronomy/13841076/archive/9
|title = Top 25 Hottest Articles, Physics and Astronomy, New Astronomy, July to September 2006
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/physics-and-astronomy/21/journal/new-astronomy/13841076/archive/10
|title = Top 25 Hottest Articles, Physics and Astronomy, New Astronomy, October to December 2006
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/physics-and-astronomy/21/journal/new-astronomy/13841076/archive/11
|title = Top 25 Hottest Articles, Physics and Astronomy, New Astronomy, January to March 2007
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref> in the Top 25 Hottest Articles classification of  [[New Astronomy]], published  by [[Elsevier]]. A talk given by Iorio at the [[European Geosciences Union]] General Assembly 2005 in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], was included among papers which might be of interest for science writers, for public information officers and for the press media and which will be forwarded to the Press Officer<ref>
{{cite web
|url = http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/special_interest/programme_view.php?sp_id=10&pg_id=113
|title = Papers of Special Interest as identified by Session/Event Organizers at EGU General Assembly 2005
|accessdate=18 January 2013
}}</ref> The [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] invited<ref name="hinda"/>{{Failed verification|date=February 2013}}
Iorio to submit appropriate candidates for the [[Crafoord Prize]] 2006, the most prestigious award in the field of [[earth science|geosciences]]. He was consulted as a referee<ref name="hinda"/>{{Failed verification|date=February 2013}} of the [[Cosmic Vision|Cosmic Vision 2015-2025]] program by the [[European Space Agency]], and by other international institutions<ref name="hinda"/> ([[Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council]] (PPARC),  Czech Science Foundation (GA CR)).

==Notes==
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== Other websites ==
* [http://digilander.libero.it/lorri/homepage_of_lorenzo_iorio.htm Personal homepage of L. Iorio]
*[http://www.hindawi.com/68367584/ Page of L. Iorio at [[Hindawi Publishing Corporation]]]

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[[Category:Italian people]]
[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]