Libration in Latitude -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Libration in Latitude

Occurs because the axis of rotation is not perpendicular to the plane of the orbit, so an observer in the northern hemisphere can sometimes see over the north pole and under the south.

Diurnal Libration, Libration in Longitude, Physical Libration


© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein

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