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Basic Problems in the Kinematics of the Rotation of the Earth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
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With the advent of more precise methods for measuring Earth rotation, a number of corrections to the apparent directions in space, to the terrestrial references, and to the rotation axis motion have to be carefully applied. It is the duty of the international Astronomical Union to give recommended or conventional expressions of these corrections in order to avoid inextricable difficulties in discussing the evaluated results. However, this task is not sufficient. The concepts used in the description of the Earth's rotation are somewhat obscured by traditions. They should be purified by removing notions which are not directly relevant.
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- Part I: Time
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 82: Time and the Earth's Rotation , 1979 , pp. 7 - 18
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- Copyright © Reidel 1979
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