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Light-time correction

Allowance for the time light takes to travel from an object to the observer.

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Word origin · etymology

Descriptive English compound.

Light-time is the time light needs to travel; correction names the adjustment for receiving a body's earlier light.

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How we know · epistemology

Physical model

Finite light travel means an observed direction relates to an earlier emission event. The correction belongs to positional astronomy; it does not introduce an astrological delay in someone’s experience.

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