Propaedia Outline of Knowledge

Part Two II › Division I I › Section 211 211

The Planet Earth

Subject Outline

AThe orbital motions of the Earth
- 1The revolution of the Earth about the Sun, the rotation of the Earth on its axis
- 2Forces and dynamic effects related to the rotation of the Earth
  - aThe Coriolis force
  - bThe effects of centrifugal force
  - cTidal friction
BThe figure of the Earth
- 1The conventional definition of the figure of the Earth: the geoid
- 2The development of improved approximations to the Earth's size and shape
- 3The world geodetic system: the measurement of geodetic parameters
  - aThe astrogravimetric method
  - bSatellite measurements
  - cCorrelation of data from different methods

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