Occultations

Word OCCULTATIONS
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Very few of the numerous studies conducted on such parent stars have evidenced the existence of occultations, which is a dimming in the apparent brightness of a star for a short period of time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Well, it turns out that an accurate ephemeris (position table) of Saturn is useful for solar system tests of general relativity, predicting future occultations and eclipses, and navigation of spacecraft. ❋ Nicole (2009)

Although it visually a appears to be a solitary star, lunar occultations have shown Eta to be a very close triple star system! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Researchers study faraway objects through occultations -- eclipse-like events in which a body (Pluto in this case) passes in front of a star, blocking the star's light from view. ❋ Unknown (2007)

These two occultations were the first to be successfully observed for Pluto since 1988. ❋ Unknown (2007)

By observing star occultations, it seems that the miniscule atmosphere on Pluto is thicker now than it was 14 years ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Observing two or more occultations at different times provides researchers with information about changes in the planet's atmosphere. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Edward Dunham, who leads the occultation effort at Lowell Observatory, also is leading a team that is building HIPO, a SOFIA instrument designed specifically to observe occultations. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Researchers are looking forward to observing additional Pluto occultations in the years before the Pluto-Kuiper mission flies by Pluto. ❋ Unknown (2007)

These events are called eclipses, or more precisely, transits and occultations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

David Tholen, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii who measured the size of Pluto in the late 1980s using a series of occultations and eclipses involving Pluto's satellite, noted that even though Pluto was closest to the sun in 1989, a warming trend 13 years later shouldn't be unexpected. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There are several which will yield basic info such as radius, some measure of limb darkening, and some measure of gross shape – speckle interferometry, intensity interferometry, deconvolution of eclipse light curves (in eclipsing binaries), stellar occultations (by the lunar limb), more? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Actually, the most usual use of "asteroidal" is in connection with asteroidal occultations. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2008)

The principal difficulties of this method lie in the fact that comparatively few occultations occur, and those which do occur are usually of stars of the fifth magnitude or lower. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The same remark may be applied to the complexity of the appearances and occultations of the stars, which, if the outer heaven is supposed to be moving around the centre once in twenty - four hours, must be confined to the effects produced by the seven planets. ❋ Unknown (2006)

For the purpose of checking the chronometers a number of observations of occultations were observed during the winter of 1915. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The occultations are actuated by a double valve arrangement. ❋ Various (N/A)

For this purpose Messrs. Sautter, Lemonnier & Co. have added to their usual projecting apparatus some peculiar arrangements that permit of occultations of the luminous focus at proper intervals. ❋ Various (N/A)

Figs. 21 and 22 show the arrangement of the apparatus, the principle of which is as follows: When the axis of the projector points toward the clouds, and in the direction occupied by a corresponding station, the occultations of the luminous source placed in the focus of the apparatus produce upon the clouds, which act as a screen, an alternate series of flashes and extinctions. ❋ Various (N/A)

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