High-Precision Earth Rotation and Earth-Moon Dynamics Lunar Distance

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ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF SPACE SCIENCE AND OF GENERAL GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOURNAL SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Editorial Board J. E. BLAMONT, Laboratoire d'Aeronomie, Verrieres, France R. L. F. BOYD, University College, London, England L. GOLDBERG, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A.

C. DE JAGER, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

z. KOPAL, University of Manchester, England G. H. LUDWIG, NOAA, National Environmental Satellite Service, Suitland, Md., U.S.A. R. LUST, President Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften, Miinchen, F.R. G. B. M. McCORMAC, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., U.S.A. H. E. NEWELL, Alexandria, Va., U.S.A. L. I. SEDOV, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Z. ~VESTKA, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

VOLUME 94 PROCEEDINGS

HIGH-PRECISION EARTH ROTATION AND EARTH-MOON DYNAMICS Lunar Distances and Related Observations PROCEEDINGS OF THE 63rd COLLOQUIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION, HELD AT GRASSE, FRANCE, MA Y 22-27, 1981

Edited by

O.CALAME C.E.R.G.A., Grasse, France

Sponsored by: International Astronomical Union ICSU Committee on Space Research International Association of Geodesy

D. REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT : HOLLAND / BOSTON: U.S.A. LONDON:ENGLAND

library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data International Astronomical Union. Colloquium. (63rd : 1981 : Grasse, France) High-precision Earth rotation and Earth-Moon dynamics. (Astrophysics and space science library; v. 94. Proceedings) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Earth-Rotation-Congresses. 2. Moon-Congresses. 3. Geodynamics-Congresses. I. Calame, O. (Odile), 1941II. International Astronomical Union. III. COSP AR. IV. International Association of Geodesy. V. Title. VI. Series: Astrophysics and space science library; v. 94. VII. Series: Astrophysics and space science library. Proceedings. QB633.I58 1981 525'.35 82-3848 ISBN-13: 978-94-009-7809-6 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-7807-2 001: 10.1007/978-94-009-7807-2

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INTRODUCTION LIST OF PARTICIPANTS DEDICATION: Seth Carlo Chandler and the observational or