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occulting disk

small disk used in telescopes to block a bright object, to see fainter objects nearby
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occulting disk

Summary

occulting disk ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • occulting disk's subclass of is recorded as component[2].
  • occulting disk's part of is recorded as telescope[3].
  • occulting disk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fm6j5[4].
  • occulting disk's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 1149[5].

Why It Matters

occulting disk ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[1]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). occulting disk. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/occulting-disk
MLA “occulting disk.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/occulting-disk.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_occulting-disk_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{occulting disk}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/occulting-disk}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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