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Assume that the masses are spherically symmetrical and homogeneous in concentric layers. So they attract one another as if the mass were concentrated at spherical centers
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Gurfil, P., Seidelmann, P.K. (2016). The Two-Body Problem. 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_5
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