On the Possible Amplitudes of the Moon's Free Libration
Abstract
The relations between probable amplitude of the Moon's free libration and its exciting action are obtained using a theory of the stochastic process. Among the three modes of the free libration, the one in longitude is most prominent if the exciting effect is isotropic. If the excitations are caused by crater-producing meteoritic impacts, it is very probable that the free librations in longitude exist whose semi-amplitude exceeds 1″.
- Publication:
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Moon
- Pub Date:
- September 1970
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00561876
- Bibcode:
- 1970Moon....2...78S