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           | Description | 
           Image shows an initial configuration (a ring of test particles); the deformation of this configuration by a passing gravitational wave is shown in  Image:Gravwav.gif. | 
          
          
           | Date | 
           26 July 2007 | 
          
          
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           Own work | 
          
          
           | Author | 
            Mapos | 
          
         
         
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