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Science
; 210(4475): 1243-5, 1980 Dec 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17810770
ABSTRACT
Solar eclipses were observed from locations near both edges of the paths of totality in England in 1715, in Australia in 1976, and in North America in 1979. Analysis of these observations shows that the solar radius has contracted by 0.34 +/- 0.2 arc second in 264 years.