Definitions from Wiktionary (gravity darkening)
▸ noun: (physics, astronomy) The phenomenon of a star rotating so rapidly that it is oblate, with a larger radius and thus lower surface gravity at the equator (which is thus cooler and darker: gravity-darkened), and higher surface gravity at the poles (which are hotter and brighter: gravity brightened).
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▸ noun: (physics, astronomy) The phenomenon of a star rotating so rapidly that it is oblate, with a larger radius and thus lower surface gravity at the equator (which is thus cooler and darker: gravity-darkened), and higher surface gravity at the poles (which are hotter and brighter: gravity brightened).
Similar:
gravity-darkening,
hypergravity,
dark star,
limb brightening,
dark light,
gravity,
dark fluid,
gravitational redshift,
active gravitational mass,
bigravity,
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