Eddington - Things Named After Arthur Stanley Eddington

Things Named After Arthur Stanley Eddington

  • Eddington (crater), on the Moon
  • Eddington-Finkelstein coordinates, used in the theory of general relativity
  • Eddington luminosity, or Eddington limit, relating to the maximum mass of a star
  • Eddington Medal, awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Eddington mission, a proposed ESA mission to search for extrasolar planets
  • Eddington-Dirac number, alternative name for the Dirac large numbers hypothesis

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