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| Subject | has time of occurrence | has unit | has duration | is a kind of | has value | has synonym | has elongation | has definition |
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| eclipse | angle unit | occultation | world point | 0° | The obscuration of a celestial body caused by its passage through the shadow cast by another body. |
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