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arxiv: 1007.5175 · v1 · pith:LFWU24IInew · submitted 2010-07-29 · 🌀 gr-qc

Further simplification of the light deflection formula for solar system objects

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keywords orderpost-post-newtoniantermstransformationdatadeflectionefficiencyformula
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The transformation n to k in post-post-Newtonian order is simplified. All post-post-Newtonian terms of the order m^2/d^2 are neglected and we show that the total sum of these terms is smaller than 15/4 pi m^2/d^2. This simpler transformation will improve the efficiency of Gaia data reduction.

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