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- noun Plural form of
occultation .
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Very few of the numerous studies conducted on such parent stars have evidenced the existence of occultations, which is a dimming in the apparent brightness of a star for a short period of time.
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Well, it turns out that an accurate ephemeris (position table) of Saturn is useful for solar system tests of general relativity, predicting future occultations and eclipses, and navigation of spacecraft.
Archive 2009-01-08 Nicole 2009
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Well, it turns out that an accurate ephemeris (position table) of Saturn is useful for solar system tests of general relativity, predicting future occultations and eclipses, and navigation of spacecraft.
URSI Update #2 Nicole 2009
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Although it visually a appears to be a solitary star, lunar occultations have shown Eta to be a very close triple star system!
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: January 29-31, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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Researchers study faraway objects through occultations -- eclipse-like events in which a body (Pluto in this case) passes in front of a star, blocking the star's light from view.
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These two occultations were the first to be successfully observed for Pluto since 1988.
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By observing star occultations, it seems that the miniscule atmosphere on Pluto is thicker now than it was 14 years ago.
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Observing two or more occultations at different times provides researchers with information about changes in the planet's atmosphere.
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These events are called eclipses, or more precisely, transits and occultations.
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There are several which will yield basic info such as radius, some measure of limb darkening, and some measure of gross shape – speckle interferometry, intensity interferometry, deconvolution of eclipse light curves (in eclipsing binaries), stellar occultations (by the lunar limb), more?
Astronomers Find Type Ia Supernova Just Waiting to Happen | Universe Today 2009
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