The present review attempts to give a comprehensible demonstration that the Cassini determination of the geometric laws describing the gross rotation of the moon relative to the precessing lunar orbit in terms of the mean orientation elements of the orbit (the Cassini motion) is an approximation to a dynamically consistent system. Traditional approaches to the derivation of the physical librations of the moon are presented, in addition to recent studies on flaws in the traditional theories. For future research, the advantages of an analytic theory will be required.


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    Title :

    The rotation of the moon


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    Publication date :

    1974-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English