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occultation: a standalone construct

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Astronomy

One body passing in front of another, hiding it

In astronomy an occultation is the passage of one body in front of another as seen by the observer, briefly hiding the farther one (the Moon occulting a star, or a planet or asteroid crossing a background star). de Pater and Lissauer's Planetary sciences shows how the sharp disappearance and reappearance serve as a precise probe: the timing fixes sizes and positions, and the gradual dimming at the edge reveals a thin atmosphere or a ring system. The referent is the geometric hiding of one celestial body by another, used as a measurement tool.[1]

Unit
The duration and light-curve of one body hiding another
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Timed from the farther body's disappearance and reappearance; the edge profile diagnoses size, atmosphere, or rings

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References

  1. de Pater, I., & Lissauer, J. J. (2010). Planetary sciences (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521853712

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