  We use ElectroMagnetic Quantum Gravity (EMQG) to provide a simple physical
model of the Lense-Thirring effect on the earth. The Lense-Thirring effect is a
tiny perturbation of the motion of a free-falling particle near a massive
rotating object, first calculated by the physicists J. Lense and H. Thirring in
1918 using general relativity. The Lense-Thirring effect can also be thought of
as the 'dragging of inertial frames', as first named by Einstein himself. The
amount of frame dragging varies with height above the spinning earth.
Einstein's general relativity predicts the value of this effect near the earth,
but the effect has not yet been accurately verified experimentally. However,
recent work using the LAGEOS series, earth orbiting satellites has rendered an
unconfirmed experimental value that agrees with theory to an accuracy of about
20 %. Our physical model is based on the disturbance of the electrically
charged virtual particles of the quantum vacuum in a state of free-fall near a
massive spinning object. We calculate the Lense-Thirring effect on the earth's
surface using this model that is in good agreement with the value derived from
general relativity.
