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Testing theories of gravity with planetary ephemerides

Fienga, Agnès; Minazzoli, Olivier

We describe here how planetary ephemerides are built in the framework of General Relativity and how they can be used to test alternative theories. We focus on the definition of the reference frame (space and time) in which the planetary ephemeris is described, the equations of motion that govern the orbits of solar system bodies and electromagneti…