The free core nutation period stays between 431 and 434 sidereal days

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Roosbeek, F ^a   Defraigne, P ^a   Feissel, M ^b   Dehant, V ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); EARTH ROTATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

FREE CORE NUTATION; FREE CORE NUTATIONS; LEAST SQUARES ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION SERIES; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME VARIATIONS; VLBI OBSERVATIONS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EID: 0032903512     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900225     Document Type: Article

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