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The President opened the meeting and invited R. Anderle to report on polar motion determined by Doppler satellite observations. The speaker said that the standard error in pole positions from 48 hours of Doppler observations was only 7 cm. However, because of uncertainties in the gravity field the standard deviation was 60 cm. This gave a standard error, for a 5-day mean based on two satellites, of 25 cm.
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Müller, E.A., Jappel, A. (1977). Rotation of the Earth. In: Müller, E.A., Jappel, A. (eds) Transactions of the International Astronomical Union. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 16B. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1257-7_16
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