Back سواد الأطراف Arabic Enfosquiment vers el limbe Catalan Okrajové ztemnění Czech Randverdunkelung German تاریکی لبه Persian Reunatummeneminen Finnish Assombrissement centre-bord French האפלת שפה HE Peremsötétedés Hungarian Penggelapan tepi ID
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Limb darkening is an optical effect seen in stars (including the Sun) and planets, where the central part of the disk appears brighter than the edge, or limb.[1] Its understanding offered early solar astronomers an opportunity to construct models with such gradients. This encouraged the development of the theory of radiative transfer.
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