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Baily's beads
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English
Etymology
In honour of Francis Baily, who first fully explained the phenomenon in 1836.
Noun
p Baily's beads
en astronomy A feature of total solar eclipses. As the moon "grazes" by the sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places and not in others.
Translations
Baily's beads
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 倍里珠, cmn 貝里珠串
Japanese: ja ベイリー・ビーズ
en eponyms
en Moon