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Introduction

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Celestial mechanics embraces the dynamical and mathematical theories describing the motions of planets, satellites, one member of a double star pair around another, and similar phenomena.

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Notes

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    See http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/satellite_missions/current_missions/lag1_general.html.

  2. 2.

    See http://science.nasa.gov/missions/sim/.

  3. 3.

    See http://sci.esa.int/gaia/ and http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Gaia_overview.

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  2. Department of Astronomy, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

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Gurfil, P., Seidelmann, P.K. (2016). Introduction. In: Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 436. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-50370-6_1

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