Map of the World: An Introduction to Mathematical Geodesy by Martin VermeerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
...Finland often gets special attention in this work based on a 2014 Finnish edition which has a good translation.
Leaving the bounds of this world, significant content stretches to the astronomic: “Precession, nutation, and the torques exerted by the Sun and Moon on the Earth’s equatorial bulge.” This includes sidereal time and an entire chapter on “The orbital motion of satellites”
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