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occultation phase comparison table

Subject	is preceeded by	has definition	is followed by
emersion	transit	The reappearance of a celestial body after eclipse or occultation.
immersion		The disappearance of a celestial body due to eclipse or occultation.	transit
transit	immersion	The passage of a smaller, nearer astronomical object across the face of a larger object in the background, as in a transit of Venus across the Sun.	emersion

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