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标题：Rotation of the Earth as a triaxial rigid body
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作者：Wenbin Shen ; Wei Chen ; Wenjun Wang 等
期刊名称：Geo-spatial Information Science
印刷版ISSN：1009-5020
电子版ISSN：1993-5153
出版年度：2007
卷号：10
期号：2
页码：85-90
DOI：10.1007/s11806-007-0020-5
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：The Earth is taken as a triaxial rigid body, which rotates freely in the Euclidian space. The starting equations are the Euler dynamic equations, with A smaller than B and B smaller than C. The Euler equations are solved, and the numerical results are provided. In the calculations, the following parameters are used: (C-B)/A=0.003 273 53; (B-A)/C=0.000 021 96; (C-A)/B=0.003 295 49, and the mean angular velocity of the Earth’s rotation, ω=0.000 072 921 15 rad/s. Calculations show that, besides the self-rotation of the Earth and the free Euler procession of its rotation, there exists the free nutation: the nutation angle, or the angle between the Earth’s momentary rotation axis and the mean axis that periodically change with time. The free nutation is investigated.
关键词：Earth’s rotation; triaxial rigid body problem; variation of Eulerian angles