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According to IAU 2000 Resolution B1.3 (e.g., Soffel et al., 2003), the Barycentric Celestial Reference System (BCRS) is defined by the form of the BCRS metric tensor that agrees with our canonical barycentric one (3.2). As we have noted earlier, this form of the metric tensor implies that all kinds of material or energy outside the solar system have been ignored.

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Soffel, M., Langhans, R. (2013). Celestial Reference System. In: Space-Time Reference Systems. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30226-8_7

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