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Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 261249
doi:10.3814/2010/261249
Research Article

Classical and Relativistic Orbital Motions around a Mass-Varying Body

INFN-Sezione di Pisa, Viale Unità di Italia, 68, 70125 Bari, Italy
  • Received 2009-11-22
  • Revised 2009-12-29
  • Accepted 2009-12-31

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