On a Periodic Fluctuation in the Length of the Day
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- 1 February 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 110 (1) , 3-14
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/110.1.3
Abstract
From a study of the performance of a number of quartz-crystal clocks employed in the Greenwich Time Service an annual periodic fluctuation in the length of the day is deduced. The variation is of the order of |$\pm{0}^\text{s}.001$| and has an accumulative effect in time of approximately |$\pm{0}^\text{s}.060$|. This is in very close agreement with results obtained from independent data by N. Stoyko and demonstrates the persistent character of the phenomenon.Keywords
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