| 单词 | light curve |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslight curve light curve n. Astronomy a graph showing the variation in the light received over a period of time from a variable star or other varying celestial object. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [noun] > degree of intensity > measurement of photometry1807 light curve1857 flicker photometry1897 spectrophotometry1899 photometering1917 1857 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 17 201 It is hardly necessary to suggest how highly desirable a comparison of the light-curves obtained by independent observers, with different-sized telescopes, would prove. 1968 Project Icarus (Mass. Inst. Technol.) i. 7 The rate of rotation of an asteroid and the axis of its rotation can be found approximately by careful analysis of the shape and variation of its light curve. 2015 MailOnline (Nexis) 10 Dec. (Science section) KIC 8462852 has puzzled astronomers because it shows irregular dimming unlike anything seen for another star. The anomalous light curve was measured using Nasa's Kepler telescope. < as lemmas |
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