Rossiter–McLaughlin effect
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spectroscopic phenomenon observed when either an eclipsing binary's secondary star or an extrasolar planet is seen to transit across the face of the primary or parent star.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- physical phenomenon
- Named after
- Dean Benjamin McLaughlin
- Image
- Rossiter-McLaughlin effect.svg
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- Commons category
- Rossiter–McLaughlin effect
- studied by
- astronomical spectroscopy
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