Orbital motions as gradiometers for post-Newtonian tidal effects
The direct long-term changes occurring in the orbital dynamics of a local gravitationally bound binary system S due to the post-Newtonian tidal acceleration caused by an external massive source are investigated. A class of systems made of a test particle m rapidly orbiting with orbital frequency nb...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-08-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fspas.2014.00003/full |