Physics A-Level
Depth
What Depth means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Depth
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Reference: AQA
The fraction of starlight blocked, approximately equal to the square of the ratio of planet radius to star radius.
Topics that use Depth
- Detection of exoplanets (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Angular separation
- Baseline
- Doppler shift
- Radial velocity method
- Transit depth
- Transit method
- Contrast
- Coronagraphs
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