GEODETIC/ASTROMETRIC SCIENCE

• Fundamental reference frames

  • International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF)
  • International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF)

• Tectonic plate motions

• EOP gives information on Earth’s core

• UT1 related to atmosphere/Earth interaction

• Relativity tests

  • Solar bending significant over whole sky

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