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A reference system in astronomy or geodesy is a necessary prerequisite for the description of motion of some astronomical body like the Earth and some artificial satellite or the motion of the solar system.
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Soffel, M., Langhans, R. (2013). Space–Time. In: Space-Time Reference Systems. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30226-8_3
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