Construction of Freely Falling Center of Mass Frame

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Abstract and 1. Introduction

2. Clock in Orbit

   2.1 Coordinate Time

   2.2 Local Frame for the Moon

3. Clock Rate Differences Between Earth and Moon

4. Clocks at Earth-Moon Lagrance Points

   4.1 Clock at Lagrange point L1

   4.2. Clock at Lagrange point L2

   4.3. Clock at Lagrange point L4 or L5

5. Conclusions

Appendix 1: Fermi Coordinates with Origin at the Center of the Moon

Appendix 2: Construction of Freely Falling Center of Mass Frame

Appendix 3: Equations of Motion of Earth and Moon

Appendix 4: Comparing Results in Rotating and Non-Rotating Coordinate Systems

Acknowledgments and References

APPENDIX 2: CONSTRUCTION OF FREELY FALLING CENTER OF MASS FRAME

The transformation coefficients are easily obtained from the above coordinate transformations and are

Transformation of the metric tensor using Eq. (72): the metric component g00 in the center of mass frame,

Summarizing, the scalar invariant in the center of mass system is