Meaning of ringshine | Babel Free

Definitions

Sunlight that is reflected from the ring around a planet (such as the one around Saturn), visible on the night side of the planet.

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Examples

“The spacecraft photographed the planet's sunlit crescent, the ring⟳ shadows falling on the planet, and Saturn's dark hemisphere illuminated by "ringshine."”

“One, the ``dragon storm, is shown in Figure⟳ 5.28 (see⟳ color section), while another example, on Saturn's night side, but illuminated by ``ringshine (i.e., light⟳ reflected from Saturn's rings) is shown in Figure⟳ 5.29.”

“Elephant juddered briefly, making the insertion burn, and then they were racing around the dark side of Saturn, faintly illuminated by the ghost light⟳ of ringshine.”

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