Einstein ring
English
A partial Einstein ring.
Etymology
Named after Albert Einstein, whose theory of general relativity predicted gravitational lensing.
Noun
Einstein ring (plural Einstein rings)
- A ring-shaped gravitational mirage: an image of a distant light source (such as a galaxy) which has been distorted into a ring by a gravitational lens.
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