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High-Precision Earth Rotation and Earth-Moon Dynamics

Lunar Distance and Related Observations Proceedings of the 63rd Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, held at Grasse, France, May 22–27, 1981

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 94)

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Table of contents (39 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Rotation of the Earth from Lunar Laser Ranging

      • R. B. Langley, R. W. King, P. J. Morgan, I. I. Shapiro
      Pages 25-29
    3. Earth rotation from a simultaneous reduction of LLR and LAGEOS laser ranging data

      • Peter J. Shelus, Nelson R. Zarate, Richard J. Eanes
      Pages 31-40
    4. Intercomparison of Lunar Laser and Traditional Determinations of Earth Rotation

      • H. F. Fliegel, J. O. Dickey, J. G. Williams
      Pages 53-88
    5. Comparison of Polar Motion Results using Lunar Laser Ranging

      • J. O. Dickey, H. F. Fliegel, J. G. Williams
      Pages 125-137
    6. The Pole Position in October 1980 as Determined from Lageos Laser Data

      • Ch. Reigber, H. Mueller, W. Wende
      Pages 139-139
    7. Comparison of Polar Motion Data from the 1980 Project Merit Short Campaign

      • Ivan I. Mueller, B. S. Rajal, Y. S. Zhu
      Pages 141-146
    8. Progress Report on Project Merit

      • George A Wilkins
      Pages 147-148
    9. General Discussion

      • O. Calame
      Pages 149-152
  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
    2. Atmospheric Angular Momentum and the Length of Day

      • R. B. Langley, R. W. King, I. I. Shapiro, R. D. Rosen, D. A. Salstein
      Pages 171-172
    3. Earth’s Rotation and Polar Motion based on Global Positioning System Satellite Data

      • R. J. Anderle, L. K. Beuglass, J. T. Carr
      Pages 173-179

Editors and Affiliations

  • C.E.R.G.A., Grasse, France

    O. Calame

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: High-Precision Earth Rotation and Earth-Moon Dynamics

  • Book Subtitle: Lunar Distance and Related Observations Proceedings of the 63rd Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, held at Grasse, France, May 22–27, 1981

  • Editors: O. Calame

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7807-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1405-3Published: 30 April 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7809-6Published: 21 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7807-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 354

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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