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A Correction to the Earth's Obliquity Rate

James Gordon Williams

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In the standard IAU theory for the orientation of the Earth's equator, the secular obliquity rate arises solely from the motiion of the ecliptic, not from the motion of the equator in space.

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In the standard IAU theory for the orientation of the Earth's equator, the secular obliquity rate arises solely from the motiion of the ecliptic, not from the motion of the equator in space.

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In the standard IAU theory for the orientation of the Earth's equator, the secular obliquity rate arises solely from the motiion of the ecliptic, not from the motion of the equator in space.

Key concepts: Equator, Ecliptic, Geodesy, Earth (classical element), Geology, Physics, Astrobiology, Latitude

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