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Black Drop
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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In astronomy, an apparent distortion of the planet Mercury or Venus at the time of internal contact with the limb of the sun at the beginning or end of a transit. It has been in the past a source of much perplexity to observers of transits, but is now understood to be a result of irradiation, produced by the atmosphere or by the aberration of the telescope.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Black Drop'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/black-drop.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Black Drop'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/black-drop.html. 1910.