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We construct time independent configurations of two gravitating elastic bodies. These configurations either correspond to the two bodies moving in a circular orbit around their center of mass or strictly static configurations.
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Beig, R., Schmidt, B.G. Celestial mechanics of elastic bodies. Math. Z. 258, 381–394 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-007-0177-5
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