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Els eclipsis de Sol han trobat al llarg de la història moltes aplicacions científiques relacionades amb la física solar o la mecànica celeste. Entre totes elles, però, destaca la seva utilitat per a comprovar la validesa de la teoria de la relativitat general mitjançant l'experiment d'Eddington del 1919. Activitat organitzada per la Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona.

Solar eclipses have found many scientific applications throughout history, related to solar physics or celestial mechanics. Amongst all of these, however, their usefulness for verifying the validity of the theory of general relativity stands out, through Eddington’s 1919 experiment. We will discuss aspects of this experiment on the gravitational deflection of light that have not always been clarified, its implications for recent scientific projects, and the prospects for reproducing Eddington’s results during the imminent Iberian trio of solar eclipses in 2026-27-28.