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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Saturn at the Moon's Edge (2024 Jul 27)

Do planetary occultations help in calculating planetary orbits these days, or have we already got such precise knowledge that we don't need the measurements of exactly when there are occultations any more?
We have much more precise tools now. But occultations of stars by asteroids and more distant solar system bodies remains a useful way of refining orbital data.

Statistics: Posted by Chris Peterson — Sat Jul 27, 2024 12:28 pm — Replies 3 — Views 246



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