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| a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere also called a shooting star or bolide |
| the brightness of a star in comparison with that of the sun: the luminosity of Sirius is expressed as 23 and indicates intrinsic brightness 23 times greater than the sun |
| eclipsing binary or eclipsing variable | |
| —n | |
| See also variable star a binary star whose orbital plane lies in or near the line of sight so that one component is regularly eclipsed by its companion | |
| eclipsing variable or eclipsing variable | |
| —n | |