This book is a collection of sixteen papers on various aspects of rotation in the solar system. Topics discussed include the evolution of rotation in the early history of the solar system, the interaction of rotation and magnetic field in the solar system, the rotation of the Sun, the primeval axis of rotation of the Moon, tidal friction in the Earth-Moon system, the determination and interpretation of fluctuation in the Earth's rotation and polar motion, rotation of the atmospheres of the Earth and planets, rotation in the Jovian, Saturnian and Uranian systems, and the rotation of asteroids and cometary nuclei.
- ISBN10 052132470X
- ISBN13 9780521324700
- Publish Date 27 March 1986
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 202
- Language English