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On Whether the Planets have Progressive Polar Morton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

H. J. M. Abraham
H. J. M. Abraham*
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian National University, Canberra
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The only planet with observed secular motion between the body and the axis of rotation is the Earth itself, which rotates both progressively and with unexplained librations about equatorial axes.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1967 , pp. 13
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1967

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