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Astrophysics

the result that radiative flux on a rotating star scales with local effective gravity, so its poles are hotter and brighter than its equator.

In astrophysics, gravity darkening refers to the result that radiative flux on a rotating star scales with local effective gravity, so its poles are hotter and brighter than its equator. This meaning comes from Zeipel (1924) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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Zeipel, H. v. (1924). The Radiative Equilibrium of a Rotating System of Gaseous Masses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 84(9), 665-684. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/84.9.665

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