love number

Love Number

				h is the ratio of the height of a body tide to the static marine tide (introduced by A. E. H. Love). k is ratio of additional potential produced by the redistribution of mass to the deforming potential (introduced by A. E. H. Love). l is the ratio of horizontal displacement of the crust to that of the equilibrium fluid tide (introduced by T. Shida). For a rigid body, http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/LoveNumber.html