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Re: Latitude by Talcott-Horrebow Method
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2018 Nov 6, 13:17 -0800
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2018 Nov 6, 13:17 -0800
However, nowadays the polar motion is predicted and published a year in advance in IERS Bulletin A to .001″ precision. Bulletin B has more accurate values determined after the fact.
The uncertainty of the pole a year in advance is quite a bit larger than 1 mas, though. Bulletin A says the uncertainty is already 13 mas for 40 days out, and gives a little power-law formula that gives 75 mas for a year out. But yes, the measured values are good to 90 uas (~3 mm).
Cheers,
Peter
