Commentary on the Radius of the Sun: Optical Illusion or Manifestation of a Real Surface?

In modern solar theory, the photospheric surface merely acts as an optical illusion. Gases cannot support the existence of such a boundary. Conversely, the liquid metallic hydrogen model supports the idea that the Sun has a distinct surface. Observational astronomy continues to report increasingly precise measures of solar radius and diameter. Even the smallest temporal variations in these parameters would have profound implications relative to modeling the Sun and understanding climate uctuations on Earth. A review of the literature convincingly demonstrates that the solar body does indeed possess a measurable radius which provides, along with previous discussions (Robitaille P.M. On the Presence of a Distinct Solar Surface: A Reply to Herv′e Faye. Progr. Phys., 2011, v. 3, 75–78.), the twenty- rst line of evidence that the Sun is comprised of condensed-matter. But however di cult it may be for present