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Relativistic rotational effects: application to the Earth-Moon system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

David Vokrouhlický
David Vokrouhlický*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Dept. CERGA, Av N. Copernic, 06130 Grasse, France1

Abstract

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Relativistic spin effects involved in the Earth-Moon dynamics are reviewed. They enclose: (i) the coordinate system effects, and (ii) the relativistic physical librations. The geodetic precession is the only relativistic spin phenomenon which has been firmly detected so far. The best candidates of the effects which might be detected in the forthcoming period are the lunar physical librations and coordinate nutations. As for the latter, however, a fine cancellation between the geodetic and the Lense-Thirring coordinate effects results in decreasing their amplitude just below the possibility of the Lunar Laser Ranging technology.

Type
Part VIII - General Relativity. Physics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 172: Dynamics, Ephemerides and Astrometry of the Solar System , 1996 , pp. 321 - 324
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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