Physics A-Level
Glare
What Glare means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Glare
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Reference: AQA
Starlight scattered by telescope optics and dust adds background that can hide the planet's faint signal.
Topics that use Glare
- 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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