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eclipse mapping
  نقشه‌برداری ِ گرفتی  
naqše bardâri-ye gerefti
Fr.: cartographie par éclipse  

A method for imaging the continuum light distributions of the → accretion disks of → cataclysmic variable stars. It relies on geometrical information contained in eclipse light curves. An alternative method is → Doppler tomography.

See also: → eclipse; → mapping.