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The irregular rotation of the earth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

B. L. van der Waerden
B. L. van der Waerden*
Affiliation:
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract

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A mechanical explanation of the observed irregular rotation of the surface of the earth is proposed. From this probabilistic model the correlations between the apparent fluctuations of the motion of the moon in successive years are derived and a modified least-square method is developed for finding the secular accelerations of sun and moon.

Type
Part II. The Rotation of the Earth
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 11: The Rotation of the Earth and Atomic Time Standards , 1959 , pp. 16 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © American Astronomical Society 1959