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occultation
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occultationhas definition The cutoff of the light from a celestial body caused by its passage behind another object.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:01.0
is a kind of conjunction2001-09-27 09:30:01.0
conjunctionhas elongation2001-09-27 09:30:00.0
eventhas duration2001-09-27 09:29:57.0
has synonym world point2001-09-27 09:29:57.0
has time of occurrence2001-09-27 09:29:57.0
anglehas unit angle unit2001-09-27 09:33:30.0
numberhas value2001-09-27 09:32:57.0

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