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The theoretical significance for gravitation of the lunar laser ranging experimental results (see Alley, 1982, in this volume, for a summary of these and for additional references) can be stated at several different conceptual levels. These include:
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a highly accurate Eötvüs experiment;
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“Gravity pulls on gravity;”
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measuring gravity’s non-linearity; and
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confirming General Relativity’s post-Newtonian gravitational vector potential and full non-linear potential.
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Nordtvedt, K. (1983). The Meaning of the Lunar Laser Ranging Experimental Results for Gravitational Theory. In: Meystre, P., Scully, M.O. (eds) Quantum Optics, Experimental Gravity, and Measurement Theory. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 94. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3712-6_20
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