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“atmospheric scintillation”
The twinkling of stars (fluctuation of intensity) as seen through a planet's atmosphere: Atmospheric scintillation is caused by a star's light being distorted by the Earth's atmosphere and atmospheric scintillation is greater for bright stars that are low on the horizon.
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atmo-, atm- +
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scintill-, scintil-, scinti-
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sphero-, spher-, -sphere-
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