Advances in Earth Science ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 472-479. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2021.048

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Review on the Effect of Tidal Friction on the Lunar Orbit and the Earth's Rotation

Qingchao LIU 1( ), Xiaodong CHEN 1 , 2, Jianqiao XU 1( ), Heping SUN 1 , 2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth's Dynamics,Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Wuhan 430077,China
    2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • Received:2020-12-28 Revised:2021-04-16 Online:2021-06-18 Published:2021-07-02
  • Contact: Jianqiao XU E-mail:liuqch1990@163.com;xujq@asch.whigg.ac.cn
  • About author:LIU Qingchao (1990-), male, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, Postdoctor. Research areas include the analysis of earth gravity field data and its application in geodynamics. E-mail: liuqch1990@163.com
  • Supported by:
    the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences "Formation, evolution and habitability of terrestrial planets"(XDB41000000);The National Natural Science Foundation of China "Theoretical derivation and numerical calculation of the solid moon tides"(41974023)

Qingchao LIU, Xiaodong CHEN, Jianqiao XU, Heping SUN. Review on the Effect of Tidal Friction on the Lunar Orbit and the Earth's Rotation[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2021, 36(5): 472-479.

Tidal friction leads to secular changes of lunar orbit and Earth's rotation. It is very important to accurately determine these parameters for understanding the evolution of the Earth-Moon system. The theoretical methods for solving these parameters are described. The analysis results of astronomical observations, low-Earth-orbit satellites observations, numerical tide models and Lunar Laser Range(LLR) data are reviewed and compared. It is found that low-Earth-orbit satellites and LLR data are more accurate than astronomical data, but the data span is shorter. With the accumulation of observational data, it can provide more reliable information about the long-term changes of the Lunar orbit and the Earth's rotation, improving the cognition of the changes of Earth-Moon space environment.

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