Einstein Ring Definition
noun
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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Einstein ring
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Einstein ringsOrigin of Einstein Ring
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Named after Albert Einstein , whose theory of general relativity predicted gravitational lensing .
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