But after those stellar occultations revealed its unexpected atmosphere, I was hooked on Pluto atmosphere research.
但后来当那些恒星掩星揭示了冥王星出人意料的大气层后，我就迷上了这方面的研究。
This paper gives the circumstances of lunar occultations of spica Antares Aldebaran and regulus for33main cities of China in the period2000-2015.
本文给出2000 - 2015年中国各直辖市、省会、和自治区首府等三十三个城市可见的月掩角宿一、心宿二、毕宿五和轩辕十四的情况。
That's when telescope observations of distant stars going behind Pluto (known as stellar occultations) showed that it had a methane atmosphere, probably rapidly evaporating to space.
当时，人们用望远镜观察比冥王星更远的星体(被称为恒星掩星)时发现冥王星存在甲烷大气层，而且可能正在快速向宇宙空间流失。
The precise timings of occultations provide information about planetary atmospheres , the dimensions of extended visible , radio , and x - ray objects , and the positions of objects.
准确纪录掩星现象的时刻能提供有关行星大气，不同类型星体大小和准确的位置。
All the 34 timing records with the length no more than one night, of lunar occultations of the Planets are collected and their dates and descriptions for celestial phenomena are checked.
收集并核查了中国古代34条最长计时单位为“夜”的计时月掩行星资料的日期和天象。
Astronomers won't have to wait that long to firm up their understanding of the outer solar system, though: Sicardy and his team already have occultations in hand from other Kuiper Belt objects.
但天文学家们不必等那久来证实他们对太阳系外层的理解。斯卡德和他的团队已经掌握了其它柯伊伯带星体的掩星。
Astronomers won't have to wait that long to firm up their understanding of the outer solar system, though: Sicardy and his team already have occultations in hand from other Kuiper Belt objects.
但天文学家们不必等那久来证实他们对太阳系外层的理解。斯卡德和他的团队已经掌握了其它柯伊伯带星体的掩星。
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