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Rossiter-McLaughlin effect: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

an apparent radial-velocity anomaly during an eclipse or transit as the companion blocks the approaching or receding side of a rotating star.

In astrophysics, Rossiter-McLaughlin effect refers to an apparent radial-velocity anomaly during an eclipse or transit as the companion blocks the approaching or receding side of a rotating star. This meaning comes from Rossiter (1924) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Rossiter, R. A. (1924). On the detection of an effect of rotation during eclipse in the velocity of the brigher component of beta Lyrae, and on the constancy of velocity of this system. The Astrophysical Journal, 60, 15. https://doi.org/10.1086/142825

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