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larger body passes in front of an apparently smaller one, obscuring it from view.
* A transit occurs when a smaller body passes in front of a larger one.
** In the combined case where the smaller body regularly transits the larger, an occultation is also termed a secondary eclipse. It is commonly used to refer to cases where a planet travels behind its host star as viewed from Earth.
* An eclipse occurs when a body totally or partially disappears

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