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Reconsideration of meridian circle observations with analysis of transits of Mercury and durations of total solar eclipses indicate that there has been no detectable secular change in the solar diameter during the past 250 yr.
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Parkinson, J., Morrison, L. & Stephenson, F. The constancy of the solar diameter over the past 250 years. Nature 288, 548–551 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/288548a0
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