Aspects of Our Sun
NOV 04, 2008
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.022832
Science : The shape of the Sun touches on several issues in cosmology and solar physics, including whether Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity is the correct theory of gravity, and to what extent the solar interior rotates. In Science magazine , Fivian et al. present compelling satellite-based observations showing that the Sun’s shape is in agreement with what is expected from the rotation of its visible surface. These latest observations eliminate the possibility of a rapidly rotating core and remove one of the last remaining challenges to the validity of General Relativity from solar system studies.
© 2008 American Institute of Physics
