Resources
- Earth rotation
- International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS)
- General
- Effect of the atmosphere on the Earth's rotation
- Effect of earthquakes on the Earth's rotation
- Did the 26 December 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, Earthquake disrupt the Earth's rotation as the mass media have said? B. Fong Chao, Richard S. Gross. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. Vol. 86 No. 1 (2005): 1–2, 4. "The answer to this question is a definite yes. But then again, the same is true of any earthquake…. The real question should be, Did this particular earthquake disrupt the Earth's rotation to a level large enough to be noticeable, or, technically observable? The answer is a sobering hardly…."
- The rotational and gravitational signature of the December 26, 2004 Sumatran earthquake. Richard S. Gross, B. Fong Chao. Surveys in Geophysics. Vol. 27 No. 6 (2006): 615–632 (open access copy). The Sumatran earthquake of December 26, 2004 is the largest earthquake to have occurred since the 1960 Chilean earthquake. This earthquake should have caused the length-of-day to decrease by 6.8 microseconds.
- Changes of the Earth's Rotational Energy Induced by Earthquakes. B. Fong Chao, Richard S. Gross. Geophysical Journal International. Vol. 122 No. 3 (1995): 776–783.
- Global Gravitational Energy Changes Induced by Earthquakes. B. Fong Chao, Richard S. Gross, Da-Nan Dong. Geophysical Journal International. Vol. 122 No. 3 (1995): 784–789.
- Changes in the Earth's Rotation and Low-degree Gravitational Field Induced by Earthquakes. B. Fong Chao, Richard S. Gross. Geophysical Journal International. Vol. 91 No. 3 (1987): 569–596. An important, but highly technical, paper.
- Excitation of the Normal Modes of the Earth by Earthquake Sources. Freeman Gilbert. Geophysical Journal International. Vol. 22 No. 2 (1970): 223–226. The foundations of this field of study.
- Effect of reservoirs on the Earth's rotation
- effects of snow on the Earth's rotation
- Origin of the moon
- Satellite-sized planetesimals and lunar origin. William K. Hartmann, Donald R. Davis. Icarus. Vol. 24 No. 4 (1975): 504–515.
- The Origin of the Moon. A.G.W. Cameron, W.R. Ward. Lunar Science VII: Abstracts of Papers submitted to the Seventh Lunar Science Conference. Lunar and Planetary Institute, March 15–19, 1976, Houston, Texas. (1976): abstract #1041.
- The origin of the moon and the single-impact hypothesis I. W. Benz, W.L. Slattery, A.G.W. Cameron. Icarus. Vol. 66 No. (1986): 515–535.
- The origin of the Moon and the single-impact hypothesis II. W. Benz, W.L. Slattery, A.G.W. Cameron. Icarus. Vol. 71 No. 1 (1987): 30–45.
- The origin of the Moon and the single-impact hypothesis III. W. Benz, A.G.W. Cameron, H.J. Melosh. Icarus. Vol. 81 No. 1 (1989): 113–131.
- The origin of the moon and the single impact hypothesis IV. A.G.W. Cameron, W. Benz. Icarus. Vol. 92 No. 2 (1991): 204–216.
- Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation. Robin M. Canup, Erik Asphaug. Nature. Vol. 412 No. (2001): 708–712.
- Making the Moon. David J. Stevenson. Physics Today. Vol. 67 No. 11 (2014): 32–38.
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