Occultation

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Jul 2001

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 1816. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Solar System Models And Concepts

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The motion of celestial bodies sometimes causes their paths to cross on the heavens. One says that the background object (usually a star) is occulted by the front object. Usually, a star is occulted by a solar system body: a planet, a satellite or an asteroid. The occultation of the Sun by the Moon is called a solar eclipse. In fact, an eclipse is the disappearance of a body in the shadow of anot...

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