light curve
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of light curve
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Spot-Crossing Signal: A change in the transit light curve that happens when a planet moves across a darker, cooler starspot on the star's surface.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025
The limb of a star, the edge of the stellar disk, plays a decisive role in the interpretation of its light curve.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024
They then used images taken with different filters to identify the flux at the peak of the light curve -- a method called photometry.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024
Due to the movement of the moon and planet around their mutual center of gravity, this additional dimming in the light curve would follow a rather complicated pattern.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023
M. H. E. Lau finds that the short-period variable star δ Cephei varies slightly in colour as well as in light, and that the colour curve is parallel to the light curve.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
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