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Measurement of the Earth's rotation: 720 BC to AD 2015

New compilations of records of ancient and medieval eclipses in the period 720 BC to AD 1600, and of lunar occultations of stars in AD 1600–2015, are analysed to investigate variations in the Earth’s rate of rotation. It is found that the rate of rotation departs from uniformity, such that the chang...

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Autores principales: Stephenson, F. R., Morrison, L. V., Hohenkerk, C. Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28119545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2016.0404

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