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Jacchia 1975
Jacchia, L.G. (1975). A search for lunar tides in the thermosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 80: doi: 10.1029/JA080i010p01374. issn: 0148-0227.

A search for lunar tides in densities derived from satellite drag has yielded spurious oscillations with the period of one lunar day, caused by the '27-day' variation connected with the solar rotation. The real tides remain undetected, with an amplitude smaller than 1 or 2%.

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