"Rossiter-McLaughlin effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Rossiter-McLaughlin effects [plural]
Etymology: Named after Richard Alfred Rossiter and Dean Benjamin McLaughlin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Rossiter-McLaughlin effect (plural Rossiter-McLaughlin effects)
  1. (astronomy) A spectroscopic phenomenon observed when an object moves across the face of a rotating star which is seen to undergo a redshift anomaly caused by the obscuration of different parts of its disk. Wikipedia link: Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, Richard Alfred Rossiter Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-Rossiter-McLaughlin_effect-en-noun-o3JdtrE2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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