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  • noun Plural form of occultation.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Softpedia News - Global 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Sound Politics: Note to self 2007

  • These two occultations were the first to be successfully observed for Pluto since 1988.

    Sound Politics: Note to self 2007

  • By observing star occultations, it seems that the miniscule atmosphere on Pluto is thicker now than it was 14 years ago.

    Gore Tears Up Global Warming Skeptic 2009

  • Observing two or more occultations at different times provides researchers with information about changes in the planet's atmosphere.

    Sound Politics: Note to self 2007

  • These events are called eclipses, or more precisely, transits and occultations.

    Podcast: Eclipses | Universe Today 2009

  • 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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