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Chao et al. 1991
Chao, B.F., Dong, D.N., Liu, H.S. and Herring, T.A. (1991). Libration in the Earth's rotation. Geophysical Research Letters 18: doi: 10.1029/91GL02491. issn: 0094-8276.

External luni-solar torque exerted on the difference (B-A) of the Earth's two equatorial principal moments of inertia gives rise to two types of librational motions in the Earth's rotation: the semidiurnal libration in spin and the prograde diurnal libration in polar motion. Formulas for the librations considering a realistic Earth model and their tidal decompositions are derived and evaluated. The spin libration has a maximum peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.09 milliarcseconds, that of the polar libration is 0.06 milliarcseconds. Implications concerning their detectability and role in the tidal variation of Earth rotation are discussed.

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Geodesy and Gravity, Regional and global gravity anomalies and earth structure, Geodesy and Gravity, Tides
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Geophysical Research Letters
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