FearTheZee
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I am just outside of the area where Mars would be occulted by the moon, but it got pretty close.
Dec 8, 2022 4:48 AM
FearTheZee
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I am just outside of the area where Mars would be occulted by the moon, but it got pretty close.
flicman
Occluded, though, right? Occult Mars is a different Mars.
FearTheZee
I'm not sure I understand your question. Occultation in astronomy is the hiding of one celestial body by another.
flicman
Not occlusion, which is the word with that definition in every other situation? You Nasa folk are weird.
FearTheZee
It comes from the latin occulere, to conceal.
flicman
I believe you. I can't find a use of "occult" to mean "occlude" even though I recognize that the words have the same root