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the universe's biggest object briefly photobombing the universe's smallest visible light.
how it worksNearer body slides in front, hiding a farther one
ring discoveryUranus's rings found via a 1977 stellar occultation
timing precisionReveals asteroid shapes down to a few kilometers
the moonRegularly occults stars and entire planets
word rootFrom Latin occultare, meaning to hide or conceal