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The first experience of solar eclipse observations with a miniature torsion balance

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We observed the behavior of the pointer of an asymmetric torsion balance (TB) at solar eclipse dates and on other off-eclipse days. A peculiar reaction of the miniature TB different from its reaction at off-eclipse time was recorded for some solar eclipses. The relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun are among the possible factors affecting the position of the TB pointer. A time shift between the maximum phase of a solar eclipse and the maximum TB reaction was detected. We conclude that base observations of such phenomena from different points of the terrestrial globe are necessary.

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  1. Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ul. Akademika Zabolotnogo 27, Kiev, 03680, Ukraine

    A. F. Pugach, M. M. Medvedskii, N. N. Peretyatko, V. I. Shavlovskii, V. L. Karbovskii, T. V. Nikityuk, P. F. Lazorenko, A. V. Zolotukhina, D. P. Vorobyev, V. A. Pap, G. A. Lazorenko, I. P. Vedenicheva, S. V. Shatokhina & N. M. Kostogryz

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Original Russian Text © A.F. Pugach, M.M. Medvedskii, N.N. Peretyatko, V.I. Shavlovskii, V.L. Karbovskii, T.V. Nikityuk, P.F. Lazorenko, A.V. Zolotukhina, D.P. Vorobyev, V.A. Pap, G.A. Lazorenko, I.P. Vedenicheva, S.V. Shatokhina, N.M. Kostogryz, 2008, published in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2008, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 401–410.

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Pugach, A.F., Medvedskii, M.M., Peretyatko, N.N. et al. The first experience of solar eclipse observations with a miniature torsion balance. Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 24, 253–258 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S088459130805005X

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