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 Translation for 'Chandler wobble' from English to French
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oscillation {f} de Chandler
Chandler wobble
astron.
oscillation {f} de Chandler
Chandler variation of latitude
oscillation {f}wobble
oscillerto wobble
boiterto wobble
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  • The Chandler wobble or Chandler variation of latitude is a small deviation in the Earth's axis of rotation relative to the solid earth, which was discovered by and named after American astronomer Seth Carlo Chandler in 1891.
  • The polar motion is primarily due to free core nutation and the Chandler wobble.
  • It is improbable that the internal parameters of the Earth responsible for the Chandler wobble would be time dependent on such short time intervals.
  • One of his assistants and life-long mentee was Seth Carlo Chandler, who went on to discover the Chandler wobble.
  • He also worked on the problem of variation of latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler who discovered the variation, known as the Chandler wobble.

  • He devoted his career to the study and measurement of variation in latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler, who discovered the Chandler wobble.
  • Chandler is best remembered for his research on what is today known as the Chandler wobble. His research on polar motion spanned nearly three decades.
  • In 1891, within months of Seth Carlo Chandler's discovery of the 14-month variation of latitude, now referred to as the Chandler wobble, Newcomb explained the apparent conflict between the observed motion and predicted period of the wobble.
  • This deviation led to a number of small planetary changes, including the length of a day, the tilt of the Earth, and the Chandler wobble.
  • This is a combination of Chandler wobble, a free oscillation with a period of about 433 days; an annual motion responding to seasonal movements of air and water masses; and an irregular drift towards the 80th west meridian.

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