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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Calame, O. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1982, 1982
Edition:1st ed. 1982
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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Table of Contents:
  • Dependence of the lunisolar perturbations in the Earth rotation on the adopted Earth model
  • Atmospheric angular momentum and the length of day
  • Earth’s rotation and polar motion based on Global Positioning System satellite data
  • Activities of astro-geodynamics research in China
  • III
  • Dissipation in the Moon : A review of the experimental evidence and physical implications
  • Planetary and Earth figure perturbations in the librations of the Moon
  • Modelling the effect of Earth tides in the lunar orbital motion
  • Is the gravitational constant changing ?
  • Results from Lunar Laser Ranging data analysis
  • The relativistic planetary perturbations and the orbital motion of the Moon
  • Analytical theories of the motion of the Moon
  • Numerical studies of the lunar orbit at CERGA
  • Comparison of lunar ephemerides (SALE and ELP)with numerical integration
  • Comparison of ELP-2000 to a JPL numerical integration
  • I
  • Combination of Earth rotation parameters obtained in 1980 by various techniques
  • Optical observations of Time and Latitude and the determining of the Earth’s rotation parameters in 1980
  • Rotation of the Earth from Lunar Laser Ranging
  • Earth rotation from a simultaneous reduction of LLR and LAGEOS laser ranging data
  • Earth rotation in the EROLD framework
  • Intercomparison of Lunar Laser and traditional determinations of Earth rotation
  • An intercomparison of Connected-Element Interferometer and Lunar Laser Earth rotation parameters
  • Earth rotation information derived from MERIT and POLARIS VLBI observations
  • Polar motion and Earth rotation from LAGEOS Laser ranging
  • Comparison of polar motion results using Lunar Laser Ranging
  • The pole position in October 1980 as determined from LAGEOS laser data
  • Comparison of polar motion data from the 1980 project MERIT short campaign
  • Progress report on project MERIT
  • General Discussion
  • II
  • Note about a new evaluation of the direct perturbations of the planets on the Moon’s motion
  • IV
  • Relations between celestial and selenocentric reference frames
  • On the absolute orientation of the selenodetic reference frame
  • On the accuracy of the 1980 IAU nutation series
  • Comments on the effect of adopting new precession and equinox corrections
  • Determination of coordinates for the Orroral lunar ranging station
  • Biases in pole position computed from data from different Navy Navigation satellites
  • VLBI measurements of radio source positions at three U.S. stations
  • Expansion of the disturbing function by factorization
  • General discussion
  • Adopted resolution
  • Index of subjects and names