Oblateness of the sun in 1983 and relativity

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Aug 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985natur.316..687d&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 316, Aug. 22, 1985, p. 687-690. NSF-supported research.

Physics

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Mercury (Planet), Perihelions, Quadrupoles, Relativity, Solar Oblateness, Solar Oscillations, Atmospheric Correction, Brightness

Scientific paper

Measurements of the solar oblateness during 1983 from Mount Wilson, California yielded a value with an upper bound only half of that observed in 1966. The contribution of atmospheric distortion and of the brightness signal to the apparent solar oblateness are examined. The difference in the measurements may support the conjecture that the solar quadrupole moment slowly oscillates. Knowledge of the character of such an oscillation, if it occurs, would be needed to test Einstein's relativity theory using Mercury's orbital motion.

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