occultation

Example Sentences

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This "occultation" was visible for just 2 minutes, and only from a small patch of the Pacific Ocean near New Zealand.

From Scientific American

For Washington, the occultation starts a half-hour after sunrise, so in effect, the sun washes the event out for casual sidewalk observers.

From Washington Post

Senegal was in the right place to view the ‘stellar occultation’, and it’s also a relatively stable country with dark skies.

From Nature

The precision of this solar occultation method enables TGO to set an upper limit for the methane at just 12 parts per trillion.

From BBC

Kretlow is a computer scientist turned amateur astronomer, and one of a growing number of people across the globe involved in studying stellar occultations.

From Scientific American