"last photon orbit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: last photon orbits [plural]
Etymology: From being the closest tangential approach to a black hole, where a photon's path does not eventually fall through the event horizon. Head templates: {{en-noun}} last photon orbit (plural last photon orbits)
  1. (of a black hole) Synonym of photon sphere Categories (topical): Black holes, Orbits Synonyms: photon sphere [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-last_photon_orbit-en-noun-oR092fvg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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