  In general relativity, relativistic gravity gradiometry involves the
measurement of the relativistic tidal matrix, which is theoretically obtained
from the projection of the Riemann curvature tensor onto the orthonormal tetrad
frame of an observer. The observer's 4-velocity vector defines its local
temporal axis and its local spatial frame is defined by a set of three
orthonormal nonrotating gyro directions. The general tidal matrix for the
timelike geodesics of Kerr spacetime has been calculated by Marck\cite{Marck}.
We are interested in the measured components of the curvature tensor along the
inclined "circular" geodesic orbit of a test mass about a slowly rotating
astronomical object of mass $M$ and angular momentum $J$. Therefore, we
specialize Marck's results to such a "circular" orbit that is tilted with
respect to the equatorial plane of the Kerr source. To linear order in $J$, we
recover the Mashhoon--Theiss effect, which is due to a small denominator
("resonance") phenomenon involving the frequency of geodetic precession. The
Mashhoon--Theiss effect shows up as a special long-period gravitomagnetic part
of the relativistic tidal matrix. The physical interpretation of this effect is
briefly discussed.
