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The Legacy of the Struves for the Establishment of an Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky
1990
Symposium - International astronomical union
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Contributions made by Vassily Yakovlevich Struve and his son Otto Vassilyevich to the eventual establishment of an inertial frame of reference on the sky are discussed under five heads: (i) the foundation of Pulkovo Observatory, (ii) instrumentation, (iii) Vassily Yakovlevich's determination of the constant of aberration, (iv) Otto Vassilyevich's determination of the coefficient of precession and (v) international cooperation.
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