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occultation

event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer
Class type of: syzygy Q202746
occultation
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Facts

8 properties
Instance of
astronomical phenomenon
Subclass of
syzygy[2]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8]
Different from
occultism, auscultation[9][10]
Has cause
visual obstruction[7]
Has part(s)
Occultation by the Moon, 惑星による掩蔽, asteroidal occultation, 太陽による掩蔽[3][4][5][6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
Studied by
掩蔽天文学[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en occultation ar الاحتجاب ar إحتجاب ar الاحتجابات ar احتجاب ar الإحتجاب cs zákryt da Okkultation de Planetenbedeckung de Verfinsterung de vollständige Bedeckung de Sternbedeckung el Επιπρόσθηση es ocultación es Ocultacion fa اختفاء fa اختفا fi okkultaatio fi tähdenpeitto he הסתרה
🔖 Identifiers · 27
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85093825
GND ID
4519387-3
OpenAlex ID
C131040042
AccessScience ID
463700
BNCF Thesaurus ID
57236
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
180565097
Dewey Decimal Classification
523.99
Elhuyar ZTH ID
135989
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/occultation
Freebase ID
/m/01qm12
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ocultacio
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0234620
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
okkultasjon
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
occultation
Lex ID
okkultation
MetaSat ID
occultation
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
131040042
NL CR AUT ID
ph127729
Namuwiki ID
엄폐
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007540995005171
PSH ID
352
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
星食
Topic's main category
Category:Occultation
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10645094
Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID
1148
YSO ID
6592
Yale LUX ID
concept/efa84594-e08a-4202-a618-466797d72133

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 3
Zone of Avoidance, radio occultation, Grazing lunar occultation
← Significant event 3
19521 Chaos, 19521 Chaos, 19521 Chaos
Different from 2
occultism, auscultation
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 1
astronomical phenomenon
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Subclass of 1
syzygy
← Different from 1
auscultation
← FactGrid item ID 1
Dudley
← Has contributing factor 1
line of sight
← Has effect 1
syzygy
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Summary

occultation is an astronomical phenomenon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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