Further simplification of the light deflection formula for solar system objects

Jul, 2010
9 pages
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Report number:
  • GAIA-CA-TN-LO-SZ-005-1

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Abstract: (arXiv)
The transformation n to k in post-post-Newtonian order is simplified. All post-post-Newtonian terms of the order m^2/d^2 are neglected and we show that the total sum of these terms is smaller than 15/4 pi m^2/d^2. This simpler transformation will improve the efficiency of Gaia data reduction.