Affiliation:
1. Sapienza University of Rome, Physics Dept. P.le Aldo Moro 5 Roma, 00185, Italy
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.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt