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Title: Observation of 1990 solar eclipse by a torsion pendulum

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
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  1. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan (China)
  2. Patrice Lumumba Peoples Friendship University, Moscow (U.S.S.R.)
  3. Krasnopresnenskaya Observatory, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow (U.S.S.R.)

During the solar eclipse of 22 July 1990 in the city of Bielomorsk of the U.S.S.R., we repeated the torsion pendulum experiment of Saxl and Allen, who reported an anomalous period increase during the solar eclipse of 7 March 1970. The relative change in the pendulum's period associated with the eclipse was found to be less than 5.2{times}10{sup {minus}5} (90% confidence).

OSTI ID:
5104545
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 44:8; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English