NASA NTRS · 19950033942
Evolution of the Earth-Moon system
Abstract
The tidal evolution of the Earth-Moon system is reexamined. Several models of tidal friction are first compared in an averaged Hamiltonian formulation of the dynamics. With one of these models, full integrations of the tidally evolving Earth-Moon system are carried out in the complete, fully interacting, and chaotically evolving planetary system. Classic results on the history of the lunar orbit are confirmed by our more general model. A detailed history of the obliquity of the Earth which takes into account the evolving lunar orbit is presented.
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Touma, Jihad, Wisdom, Jack. 1994-11-01. Evolution of the Earth-Moon system. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950033942
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