photometric
- a word derived from photometry.
Example Sentences
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Although the telescope's survey was originally designed mainly to discover exoplanets through photometric microlensing, its advanced astrometric precision may open the door to entirely new kinds of discoveries.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
There are minor drawbacks of the new photometric approach compared to spectroscopy: Since the supernovae do not have spectra, there is greater uncertainty in classification.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
This could be done by measuring photometric redshifts, determined by the brightness observed through different filters, but this would only provide an estimate for the distance, Britt says.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 9, 2023
“SOAR’s data allowed us to make a first photometric analysis of the object, revealing that 2020 XL5 is likely a C-type asteroid,” Santana-Ros said in the same statement.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
The Harvard photometric measures make it nearly one magnitude brighter than the zero magnitude, about two magnitudes brighter than Aldebaran, and about half the brightness of Sirius.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
