Definition of Earthshine

1. Noun. (astronomy) (alternative capitalization of earthshine) ¹

2. Noun. (astronomy) Reflected earthlight visible on the Moon's night side. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earthshine

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthshine

earthquake
earthquake engineering
earthquake protector
earthquake protectors
earthquakes
earthrise
earthrises
earths
earthset
earthsets
earthshaker
earthshakers
earthshaking
earthshakingly
earthshattering
earthshine (current term)
earthshines
earthshock
earthshocks
earthside
earthsman
earthsmen
earthspace
earthstar
earthstars
earthtongue
earthward
earthwards
earthware
earthwares

Literary usage of Earthshine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Astronomy Without Mathematics by Edmund Beckett Grimthorpe (1883)
"That is the reflection of the earthshine back from the moon. When she is farther from new, the proper moonshine is stronger, and so the earthshine is ..."

2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"77 between Sir W. Herschel's idea that Aristarchus and some other spots visible in the earthshine were volcanoes in actual eruption, and the observations by ..."

3. Correlation Theory of Chemical Action and Affinity by Thomas Wright Hall (1888)
"... when the Earth's periphery is at its intensest Oscillation between the earthshine powers and the Sunshine powers. It is through Plants, therefore, ..."

4. Moon-O-Theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"earthshine (earthlight) revealed to the ancients that the entire moon existed ... earthshine is moonlight that reflects from the earth back to the moon. ..."

5. The Book of the Courtier by Baldassarre Castiglione (1903)
"... turned nearly directly towards the moon, and that the moon was in consequence illuminated slightly by this ' earthshine,' just as we are by moonshine. ..."

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