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The mutual gravitational potential ofN solid bodies is expanded without approximation in terms of harmonic coefficients of each body. As an application the Euler dynamical equations for the motion of the axis of figure of the rigid Earth are integrated analytically by the method of variation of parameters.
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Borderies, N. Mutual gravitational potential ofN solid bodies. Celestial Mechanics 18, 295–307 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01230170
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01230170