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Re: CN on the Moon: where are its' poles?
From: Robert VanderPol II
Date: 2019 Jan 16, 08:04 -0800
From: Robert VanderPol II
Date: 2019 Jan 16, 08:04 -0800
Well, it has a 28.45d rotational period so time keeping is not to important.
It librates so there would need to be a correction for that as well as precession and nutation.
Since it is tidally locked to the earth the lunar north celestial pole would be normal to the plane of the orbit.
