Lunar Rotation, Orientation and Tides

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Dec 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003agufm.g42c..02w&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2003, abstract #G42C-02

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1221 Lunar Geodesy And Gravity (6250), 1239 Rotational Variations, 5430 Interiors (8147), 5450 Orbital And Rotational Dynamics, 6250 Moon (1221)

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Many satellites exhibit synchronous rotation. The Moon is the most familiar example. For the Moon there is a) Lunar Laser Ranging measurements of tides and three-dimensional rotation variations and b) supporting theoretical understanding of both effects. The lunar rotational variations are up to 1 km while tidal variations are about 0.1 m, so the former effect has been more useful. Analysis of the lunar variations in pole direction and rotation about the pole gives moments of inertia, gravity harmonics, tidal Love number k2, tidal dissipation (Q), and evidence for a liquid core. The experience with the Moon is a starting point for exploring the tides, rotation and orientation of the other synchronous bodies of the solar system.

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