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ashen light [′ash·ən ¦līt] (astronomy) A faint, luminous glow sometimes observed over the right side of Venus when it is close to inferior conjunction, probably due to electrical disturbances in the ionosphere of Venus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In the first place, in regard to the problem of the ashen glow of the lunar globe, the description of a Sun "who penetrates and floods the Moon's solid body with his rays" is embarrassingly suggestive, and was a current figure for the Incarnation, but it is also, crucially, an explanation of secondary light that Galileo discarded in favor of his theory, that of a reflection off the surface of the earth. |
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