Baily's beads Comparison Table

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Baily's beads comparison table

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solar eclipse An eclipse in which the Earth passes through the shadow cast by the Moon. It may be total (observer in the Moon's umbra), partial (observer in the Moon's penumbra), or annular. (See eclipse, annular.) world point eclipse

Baily's beads Francis Baily 1836 Small "beads" of sunlight which shine through the valleys on the limb of the Moon in the instant before (or after) totality in a total solar eclipse. diamond ring effect solar eclipse

Subject	has discoverer	has discovery date	has definition	has synonym	is a kind of	is an instance of
solar eclipse			An eclipse in which the Earth passes through the shadow cast by the Moon. It may be total (observer in the Moon's umbra), partial (observer in the Moon's penumbra), or annular. (See eclipse, annular.)	world point	eclipse
Baily's beads	Francis Baily	1836	Small "beads" of sunlight which shine through the valleys on the limb of the Moon in the instant before (or after) totality in a total solar eclipse.	diamond ring effect		solar eclipse

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