单词 | aberration of light |
释义 | > as lemmasaberration of light 4. Astronomy. An apparent displacement of a celestial object from its true position, arising from the combined effect of the observer's motion and the finite speed of light. Also aberration of light.That part of the apparent displacement caused by the earth's axial motion is called diurnal aberration; that caused by the earth's orbital motion is annual aberration (which, for a star, is negligible); that caused by the motion of a planet being observed is called planetary aberration. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > position of heavenly body > [noun] > other declinationc1400 meridian altitudec1400 angle of position?a1560 zenith distance1588 refraction1603 azimuth1626 amplitude1627 horizontal parallax1665 complement1703 aberration1737 hour-angle1837 intercept1901 1729 J. Bradley in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 646 I perceived that, if Light was propagated in Time, the apparent Place of a fixt Object would not be the same when the Eye is at Rest, as when it is moving in any other Direction, than that of the Line passing through the Eye and Object; and that, when the Eye is moving in different Directions, the apparent Place of the Object would be different.] 1737 J. Bradley tr. P. L. M. Maupertuis Let. 27 Sept. in J. Bradley Misc. Wks. & Corr. (1832) 404 Your theory of the aberration occasioned by the motion of light. 1776 N. Maskelyne Astron. Observ. I. Pref. p. ix Dr. Bradley; who..discovered the apparent motion of the fixed stars, which he called the aberration of light. 1832 Astron. Observ. Observatory Cambr. 5 p. xix For the Planets, (2,69823) × planet's distance is then subtracted, to take account of planetary aberration. 1856 D. Lardner Handbk. Astron. §2448 The apparent displacement produced by aberration is always in the direction of the earth's motion. 1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 157 Dr. Bradley..made the important discovery of the aberration of light. 1909 F. H. Seares Pract. Astron. Engineers i. 15 The corrections to which the coördinates are subject are proper motion, precession, nutation, annual aberration, diurnal aberration, [etc.]. 2003 R. Wolfson Simply Einstein v. 66 Aberration of starlight shows that Earth doesn't drag a blob of ether with it. < as lemmas |
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