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Definition of Antisolar

Antisolar
Antisolar An`ti*so"lar, a. Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180[deg] distant from the sun.

Meaning of Antisolar from wikipedia

- antisolar point is the abstract point on the celestial sphere directly opposite the Sun from an observer's perspective. This means that the antisolar...
- Anticrepuscular rays, or antisolar rays, are meteorological optical phenomena similar to crepuscular rays, but appear opposite the Sun in the sky. Anticrepuscular...
- counterglow is a faintly bright spot in the night sky centered at the antisolar point. The backscatter of sunlight by interplanetary dust causes this...
- converge at the antisolar point, the point on the celestial sphere opposite of the Sun's direction. In this case, they are called antisolar rays (anytime...
- Analemma – Diagrammatic representation of Sun's position over a period of time Antisolar point – Point on the celestial sphere opposite Sun Faint young Sun paradox –...
- perspective the rays seem to be radiating from the antisolar point, within the viewer's shadow. As in similar antisolar optical effects (such as a glory or Heiligenschein)...
- a retroreflector. Any retroreflective surface is brightest around the antisolar point. Opposition surge by other particles than water and the glory in...
- }{2}}]} . This results in a rainbow of the n-th order shrinking to the antisolar point and vanishing. The classical Gr**** scholar Aristotle (384–322 BC)...
- apparent size of the occluding body increases until it causes a full umbra. Antisolar point Earth's shadow Pogge, Richard. "Lecture 9: Eclipses of the Sun &...
- p****es near and through the centre of Earth's shadow, contacting the antisolar point. This type of lunar eclipse is relatively rare. The relative distance...