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| author | Husak, Mirko Brajša, Roman Špoljarić, Dragan Krajnović, Davor Ruždjak, Domagoj Skokić, Ivica Roša, Dragan Hržina, Damir |
| author_facet | Husak, Mirko Brajša, Roman Špoljarić, Dragan Krajnović, Davor Ruždjak, Domagoj Skokić, Ivica Roša, Dragan Hržina, Damir |
| contents | In September 1777 Ruđer Bošković observed and measured the sun-spot positions to determine the solar rotation elements. In 1785, among other methods, he described a trigonometric spherical solution for the determination of the position of the axis and rate of the solar rotation using three sunspot positions, but without equations. For the first time, we derive the equations that are applicable to modern computers for calculating the solar rotation elements, as they were described by Bošković. We recalculated Bošković's original example using his measurements of sunspot positions from 1777 and the equations developed here, confirming his results from 1785. Bošković's methodology of arithmetic means determines $i$, $Ω$, and sidereal period $T'$ separately, while the planar trigonometric solution determines $i$ and $Ω$ together. His spherical trigonometric solution calculates $i$, $Ω$, and the sidereal period $T'$ in a single procedure.
Keywords: Ruđer Bošković, Sunspots, Solar rotation, Spherical trigonometry |
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| spellingShingle | Bošković's Spherical Trigonometric Solution for Determining the Axis and Rate of Solar Rotation by Observing Sunspots in 1777 Husak, Mirko Brajša, Roman Špoljarić, Dragan Krajnović, Davor Ruždjak, Domagoj Skokić, Ivica Roša, Dragan Hržina, Damir Solar and Stellar Astrophysics In September 1777 Ruđer Bošković observed and measured the sun-spot positions to determine the solar rotation elements. In 1785, among other methods, he described a trigonometric spherical solution for the determination of the position of the axis and rate of the solar rotation using three sunspot positions, but without equations. For the first time, we derive the equations that are applicable to modern computers for calculating the solar rotation elements, as they were described by Bošković. We recalculated Bošković's original example using his measurements of sunspot positions from 1777 and the equations developed here, confirming his results from 1785. Bošković's methodology of arithmetic means determines $i$, $Ω$, and sidereal period $T'$ separately, while the planar trigonometric solution determines $i$ and $Ω$ together. His spherical trigonometric solution calculates $i$, $Ω$, and the sidereal period $T'$ in a single procedure. Keywords: Ruđer Bošković, Sunspots, Solar rotation, Spherical trigonometry |
| title | Bošković's Spherical Trigonometric Solution for Determining the Axis and Rate of Solar Rotation by Observing Sunspots in 1777 |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20383 |