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event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer
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Key FactsRare Event: Asteroid to Eclipse Massive Star
Dec 8, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: apnews.com
- The red supergiant star, Betelgeuse, will briefly disappear as an asteroid passes in late Monday, Dec. 11, 2023.
- Betelgeuse is one of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky, located in the constellation Orion.
- The asteroid, Leona, is a slowly rotating, oblong space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
- Astronomers hope to learn more about Betelgeuse and Leona through the expected 15-second eclipse.
Minor planet Leona flies past Betelgeuse: Anyone looking at Orion from southern Europe on December 12, 2023 could be in for a surprise: for a few seconds ...
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