Prediction of coronal structure of the solar eclipse of October 23, 1976
Abstract
PREDICTION of solar eclipse coronal structures began in 19681 as an offshoot from suggestions by Chapman2 and Gold3 that the magnetic field in the vicinity of the Sun could be calculated. A degree of success was achieved with these early attempts1,4-6. Cowling7 states that ``a sketch showing the corona observed at the eclipse ... agrees well with the prediction; had Schatten drawn his streamers more nearly radial, the agreement would have been almost perfect''.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- December 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1038/264730a0
- Bibcode:
- 1976Natur.264..730S
- Keywords:
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- Prediction Analysis Techniques;
- Solar Corona;
- Solar Eclipses;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Computer Techniques;
- Current Sheets;
- Lines Of Force;
- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Stellar Models;
- Solar Physics