Transiting

If arctic sea ice melts, shipping traffic will begin transiting the North Pole. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The payment to U.S. carriers for calls transiting the United States from Iraq in 2005 (the latest available data) was in any case only $198. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In a scientific paper to be published later this year, Mr Apps will be credited with discovering a rare type of astronomical object, known as a transiting Brown Dwarf - small, dim stars that orbit around another much larger star. ❋ Unknown (2010)

HD 149026b is what is known as a transiting planet, which means that it crosses in front of and passes behind its star†"the secondary eclipseâ€" when viewed from Earth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That movement across the star's face is called transiting, and the changes in the star's light can reveal the planet's size. ❋ David Perlman (2010)

Kepler mission is using similar "transiting" to search for Earth-size planets in one small section of the sky. ❋ Marc Kaufman (2010)

• NASA's Kepler spacecraft discovers planetary system with 'transiting' planets: The discovery came from observing some 156,000 stars for seven months as part of a pioneering search for Earth-sized planets outside our solar system. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There's a page on the FCC Web site that contains annual reports of U.S. phone companies 'dollar receipts and payments for international calls, country by country, including calls "transiting" the United States. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Prof Marcy is a member of the US space agency Nasa's Kepler mission to survey 156,000 faint stars using a newer ''transiting'' method of planet-spotting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet "transiting" or crossing in front of a central star. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By adding these nine new "transiting" planets, the number of known transiting planets has grown from 71 to 80. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Astronomers using Spitzer's spectrograph were able to obtain infrared spectra for two so-called "transiting" hot-Jupiter planets using the "secondary eclipse" technique. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The collaboration uses two sets of telescopes, one in Spain's Canary Islands and the other in South Africa, to search for signs of 'transiting' planets, which pass in front of and dim their host stars as seen from Earth. ❋ Unknown (2008)