TY - BOOK AU - Asada,H. AU - Futamase,Toshifumi AU - Hogan,P.A. TI - Equations of motion in general relativity T2 - International series of monographs on physics SN - 9780191723421 (ebook) : AV - QB811 U1 - 523.83 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Stars KW - Proper motion KW - Orbits KW - General relativity (Physics) KW - Astronomy KW - Mathematics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Einstein's theory of general relativity describes the gravitational field of a system of stars and predicts their paths by providing the 'equations of motion' of each star. Extracting these equations from his field equations is a highly technical procedure described in this book UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199584109.001.0001 ER -