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astronomical transit

phenomenon when a celestial body passes directly between a larger body and the observer
Class type of: syzygy Q6888
astronomical transit
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Facts

4 properties
Instance of
astronomical phenomenon
Subclass of
syzygy[2]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[3]
P14541
1qrctk[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en transit en astronomical transit ar العبور (فلك) ar عبور فلكي cs přechod da Astronomisk passage de Teilweise Bedeckung de Durchgang el διάβαση es tránsito astronómico es transito astronomico fa گذر fi ylikulku fr transit fr transit astronomique he מעבר hi संक्रमण hu bolygóátvonulás id Transit (astronomi) it Transito
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85136957
GND ID
4291270-2
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
72503
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/transit-astronomy, topic/second-contact, topic/transit-photometry
Freebase ID
/m/01k93j
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
passasje_-_astronomi
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
astronomical-transits
MetaSat ID
transit
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX554315
Topic's main category
Category:Astronomical transits
Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID
1711

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🔗 Connections
Examples 11
transit of Mercury from Mars, transit of Earth from Mars, transit of Mercury from Venus, transit of Venus from Mars, transit of Earth from Jupiter, transit of Uranus from Neptune, transit of Mercury from Jupiter, Transit of Venus from Jupiter +3 more
Subtypes 5
transit of Venus, transit of Mercury, Solar transit, transit of Deimos from Mars, transit of Jupiter from outer planets
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 1
astronomical phenomenon
Subclass of 1
syzygy
Topic's main category 1
Category:Astronomical transits
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Astronomical transits
← Has effect 1
syzygy
← SNARC ID 1
Sujanpur
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Summary

astronomical transit is an astronomical phenomenon[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of Congress authority ID → sh85136957
    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0) → XX554315
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  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Astronomical transits
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    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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