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Re: Nutation

So am I right in thinking that the modern theories include factors
that go _beyond_ the simplistic bulge theory - or do they actually
REPLACE to Newtonian Bulge theory??


At 2:24 PM -0500 9/23/03, Gary Karshner wrote:

Thomas Young of two slits and
Hieroglyphics fame was the inventor of these. He and Laplace both work out
what is the basis of modern tidal theory - beyond Newtons simple bulge
model. Young likened tidal flow to a driven pendulum, where the driving
force is the lunar-solar gravity and the natural frequency of the pendulum
(oscillator) is determined by the fluid in the basin.
I hope this helps.

Gary

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