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Description	Gravwav.gif Ring of test particles deformed by a passing (linearized, amplified for better visibility) gravitational wave. Created for use in .
Date	26 July 2007
Source	self-made, using standard (TT-gauge) description of linearized sinusoidal gravitational wave
Author	Mapos

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