Tobias Mayer's observations of the sun - Evidence against a secular decrease of the solar diameter

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Jun 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980soph...66..223w&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, vol. 66, June 1980, p. 223-231.

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Astrometry, Diameters, Secular Variations, Sun, Computerized Simulation, Solar Physics, Tables (Data), Transit Time

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Evidence for a significant secular decrease of the solar diameter has recently been presented by Eddy and Boornazian (1979). With regard to the enhanced interest in periodic or non-periodic variations of figure and size of the sun, a very reliable series of 129 transit observations made by Tobias Mayer in 1756-1760 has been analyzed. The necessity for applying adequate corrections to measurements of this kind is stressed again. Mayer's observations yield a solar radius equal to 960.16 plus or minus 0.13 arc sec. This is in excellent agreement with more recent photoelectric transit observations and lends no support whatsoever to the assumption of a secular decrease.

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