Estimation of the Love and Shida numbers: h2, l2 using SLR data for the low satellites

The final adjusted values for h2 equal to 0.6163 ± 0.0037 and 0.6048 ± 0.0025, and those for l2 equal to 0.0176 ± 0.0017 and 0.1151 ± 0.0010 for STELLA and STARLETTE tracking data are compared to estimates we previously published based on data for two high satellites LAGEOS1 (H = 5860 km) and LAGEOS2 (H = 5620 km) (Rutkowska and Jagoda, 2010a). A major discrepancy between the two solutions was found for the Shida number l2.