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Re: Determining masses within a rotating reference frame

On Wed, 1 May 1996, John Mallinckrodt wrote:

...
where Co, Ce, and Cs are the three parameters of the fit to the data.
...

... we find the mass of Earth =
Ce/G and the mass of the sun = Cs/G.

Did I do it?

I'm going to be persnickety and change the ground rules at the last
minute -- add "without adjustable parameters to fit the data, i. e.,
using only nonadjustable constants such as Pi, G, g, Etc."

If adjustable parameters are allowed, I can do the problem in any frame
with just one: C/G = M+m. But if you do find a way to evaluate your
constants in whatever frame, the binary star people will be interested.

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