Usually means: Sun's edge appears darker, cooler.
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  1. limb-darkening, limb darkening: Wiktionary
  2. Limb darkening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. limb darkening: Encyclopedia

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  1. Limb Darkening: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Limb Darkening: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Limb Darkening: Extragalactic Astronomy

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  1. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (limb darkening)

noun:  (physics, astronomy) The optical effect where the edge of the disk of a star appears darker than the center of the disk.

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