The space telescope infers their existence by the amount of starlight blocked when the orbiting planet passes in
front of a distant star from the vantage point of the observer.
Not exact matches
The All -
Star forward's absence spawned reports
of him growing «
distant and disconnected»
from the team and
front office.
These glitches are apparent
from astronomical observations
of occultations
of stars by the moon — miniature eclipses that occur when the moon passes in
front of the
distant star.
An international team
of astronomers found Haumea's ring by watching it
from observatories across Europe as it crossed in
front of the
distant star, URAT1 533 − 182543, on January 21st, 2017.