Definitions for "Occultation"
The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.
Complete or partial eclipsing of one astronomical object by another.
Period of time when the view to one celestial body is blocked by the body of another, e.g. when the spacecraft's view of the Earth or Sun is blocked by Jupiter.
The state of being occult.
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