Relativistic lunar theory.

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Mar 1991

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Nuovo Cimento B, Vol. 106, No. 5, p. 545 - 571

Physics

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The main relativistic effects in the motion of the Moon are caused by the gravitational influence of the Sun on the Earth-Moon orbit. In view of the recent measurement of the de Sitter precession of the lunar node and perigee by Shapiro et al., the authors further analyze relativistic three-body effects that may become measurable in the near future. Of particular interest is a 6 cm variation in the Earth-Moon distance due to the post-Newtonian gravitoelectric field of the Sun. Moreover, the tidal influence of the solar gravitomagnetic field on the Earth-Moon system is similar to a temporal variation of the Newtonian constant of gravitation at the level of ≍10-16 per year.

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