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English-russian astronautics dictionary. - M.: Military Publishing house. Compiled by F. P. Suprun, K. V. Shirokov. 1964.
English-russian astronautics dictionary. - M.: Military Publishing house. Compiled by F. P. Suprun, K. V. Shirokov. 1964.
Limb darkening — refers to the diminishing of intensity in the image of a star as one moves from the center of the image to the edge or limb of the image. Limb darkening occurs as the result of two effects:* The density of the star diminishes as the distance from … Wikipedia
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Darkening — may refer to: Darkening (ophthalmology), vision loss or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the eye Darkening of Valinor, the destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor in in the fictional universe of J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle… … Wikipedia
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sun — sunlike, adj. /sun/, n., v., sunned, sunning. n. 1. (often cap.) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93… … Universalium
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