Solar radius change between 1925 and 1979

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Aug 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983natur.304..522s&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 304, Aug. 11, 1983, p. 522-526.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astrometry, Radii, Solar Diameter, Lunar Shadow, Solar Eclipses, Stellar Evolution

Scientific paper

From an analysis of numerous reports from different locations on the duration of totality of the solar eclipses on January 24, 1925, and February 26, 1979, it is found that the solar radius at the earlier date was 0.5 arcsec (or 375 km) larger than at the later date. The correction to the standard solar radius found for each eclipse is different when different subsets of the observations are used (for example, edge of path of totality timings compared with central timings). This is seen as suggesting the existence of systematic inaccuracies in our knowledge of the lunar figure. The differences between the corrections for both eclipses, however, are very similar for all subsets considered, indicating that changes of the solar size may be reliably inferred despite the existence of the lunar figure errors so long as there is proper consideration of the distribution of the observations. These results are regarded as strong evidence in support of the occurrence of solar radius changes on shorter than evolutionary time scales.

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