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  • Spin state and moment of inertia of Venus
    Events at Stanford - 23:10 Jan 13, 2022
    Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022. 12:00 PM. Location: Zoom Meeting (see login details in Description) Jean-Luc Margot Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles Title: "Spin state and moment of inertia of Venus" Earth-based radar observations in 2006–2020 enabled the first measurement of the spin precession rate and moment of inertia of Venus. The observations also showed that the spin period of the solid planet changes by tens of minutes. The length-of-day variations are due to variations in atmospheric angular momentum transferred to the solid planet.  Some of the variations appear to follow the diurnal cycle.  Please join us here on Zoom Geophysics Winter Semianr Series 2022 Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95132482534?pwd=YUgwYnBVM3ArU1N3TG9XZ2xkUkdtUT09     Password: 314159