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The nutation of a planet happens because the... nutation can be calculated within seconds of arc over periods of many decades... Values of nutation are usually divided into components parallel and perpendicular to the... s nutation has a period of 18... that represents nutation is called a... The principal term of nutation is due to the regression of the moon...

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