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IT seems worth while to compare various estimates of the secular accelerations of the Moon's mean motion (ṅ) and the Earth's rate of rotation (ω̇), and also of the dissipation (dE/dt) in the M2 oceanic tide. I have recalculated the values given in chapter 8 of ref. 1, and I indicate the consequences of various other estimates in Table 1.
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JEFFREYS, H. Tidal Friction. Nature 246, 346 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246346a0
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