Baily's beads
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baily-s-beads-163-3908377
title:
Baily's beads
text:
The Baily's beads, diamond ring or more rarely double diamond ring effects, are features of total and annular solar eclipses. Although caused by the same phenomenon, they are distinct events during these types of solar eclipses. As the Moon covers the Sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged topography of the lunar limb allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places while not in others. They are named for Francis Baily, who explained the effects in 1836. The diamond ring effects are seen
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description:
Feature of total and annular solar eclipses
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baily%27s_beads
date created:
2004-05-11T10:08:38Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T06:29:02Z
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