The Solar Beacon, an Experiment in Solar Astrometry
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期刊:
Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics
(Taylor Available online 1982)
卷期:
Volume 29,
issue 7
页码: 913-922
ISSN:0030-3909
年代: 1982
DOI:10.1080/713820939
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Observations of the solar diameter and shape are of considerable interest for astrophysicists dealing with the interior structure, rotation, pulsations and evolution of stars. Also there has been considerable interest in longterm variations in the solar output and diameter as it relates to climatic variations. The paper describes an experiment which holds promise for accomplishing these observations with very high precision over a long period of time. With it, it might even be possible to detect the gradual evolutionary change of the Sun within decades. More rapid changes related, for example, to climatic variations on Earth would be detectable in a short time. The experiment has a component both in space and on Earth. The space component consists of a flat reflector 1–2 m in diameter in geostationary orbit. It acts as a reflecting pin-hole telescope forming an image of the Sun on the Earth 350 km in diameter. The earth component consists of the machinery needed to measure this image. This paper elaborates on these concepts and defines problem areas which need further studies.
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