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Tidal dissipation causes a misalignment of the tidal bulge of the Earth with the Earth-Moon direction. The bulge exerts a secular torque which expands the lunar orbit while slowing Earth rotation. Because the lunar orbit is neither circular nor coplanar with the Earth’s equator, the tide can be separated into several distinct frequency components with bands near 0, 1, and 2 cycles/day. The tidally induced secular acceleration ri of the lunar mean longitude is particularly sensitive to the dominant semi-diurnal M 2 constituent, with smaller contributions from the diurnal O 1 and semi-diurnal N 2 components.
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Newhall, X., Williams, J.G., Dickey, J.O. (1990). Tidal Acceleration of the Moon. In: Brosche, P., Sündermann, J. (eds) Earth’s Rotation from Eons to Days. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75587-3_8
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