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Soffel, M; Klioner, S. A; Petit, G; Wolf, P; Kopeikin, S. M; Bretagnon, P; Brumberg, V. A; Capitaine, N; Damour, T; Fukushima, T; Guinot, B; Huang, T.-Y; Lindegren, L; Ma, C; Nordtvedt, K; Ries, J. C; Seidelmann, P. K; Vokrouhlický, D; Will, C. M; Xu, C (2003). "The IAU 2000 Resolutions for Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics, and Metrology in the Relativistic Framework: Explanatory Supplement". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (6): 2687–706. arXiv:astro-ph/0303376. Bibcode:2003AJ....126.2687S. doi:10.1086/378162. S2CID 32887246.

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Soffel, M; Klioner, S. A; Petit, G; Wolf, P; Kopeikin, S. M; Bretagnon, P; Brumberg, V. A; Capitaine, N; Damour, T; Fukushima, T; Guinot, B; Huang, T.-Y; Lindegren, L; Ma, C; Nordtvedt, K; Ries, J. C; Seidelmann, P. K; Vokrouhlický, D; Will, C. M; Xu, C (2003). "The IAU 2000 Resolutions for Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics, and Metrology in the Relativistic Framework: Explanatory Supplement". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (6): 2687–706. arXiv:astro-ph/0303376. Bibcode:2003AJ....126.2687S. doi:10.1086/378162. S2CID 32887246.
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