Faculae and the Solar Oblateness
Abstract
Chapman and Ingersoll have suggested that the excess solar oblateness found by Dicke and Golden- berg is wholly or largely due to the presence of faculae near the solar limb. This contrasts with my earlier statement based on a statistical study that contributions from faculae are unimportant. A new statistical study based on Chapman and Ingersoll's own facular function supports my 1970 statement.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- August 1972
- DOI:
- 10.1086/151602
- Bibcode:
- 1972ApJ...175..831D