Relativistic implications of solar astrometry
arXiv:1106.2202 · doi:10.1142/S2010194511000985
Abstract
The modern methods of measurement of the solar diameter and oblateness are reviewed. Either ground-based or balloon-borne and satellite measurements are considered. The importance of solar astrometry for General Relativity is emphasized, particularly attention is given to the solar oblateness problem, as well as the studies of solar astrophysics to the whole world of physics from nucleosynthesis to neutrinos.
12 pages, 8 figures, Proc. of Friedmann Seminar, CBPF Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 30 May - 3 June 2011