ISSN:
1573-0794
Keywords:
Chandler wobble
;
internal model
;
Mars
;
moments of inertia
;
polar motion
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We have summed up three recent modellings of Mars' polar motion (Hilton, 1992; Yoder and Standish, 1997; Zhang, 1998) from which we have studied in particular the Chandler wobble (CW) of the planet and expressions of its period TCW. We add a fourth study (Kubo, 1991) which deals with the polar motion on the Earth, but whose the results can easily be applied to Mars. To conpare the different expressions of the period TCW from the authors above, we have chosen common parameters of the planet coming from recent data and we have calculated values of the period corresponding to these parameters after having determined from analytical developments the moments of inertia of the core and of the mantle. We show how the different formula proposed by the authors lead to different values of TCW and we study in particular the contribution of somc parameters such as the core radius, the mass of the core and the Love number of these values.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026505712826
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