We calculate several ''size-like'' B-8 observables within the microsco
pic three-cluster model and study their potential constraints on the z
ero-energy astrophysical S-17(0) factor of the Be-7(p,gamma)B-8 reacti
on. We find within our three-cluster model that a simultaneous reprodu
ction of the experimental data for the B-8 radius and quadrupole momen
t and of the B-8-Li-8 Coulomb displacement energy implies S-17(0) = (2
3-25) eV b. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.