👉 Flightiness is a concept in astrophysics that describes a phenomenon where objects orbiting stars or planets have an apparent motion that resembles the movement of light, especially when viewed from a distance. In other words, it refers to the way light appears to move through space as if it were being refracted by a spherical mirror. The term "flightiness" is often used in conjunction with other terms such as "flattening," which describes how an object's orbiting speed changes over time,
