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The 21 pages that link to Occultation, each with the reason it gives.

• Twelver Shi'ismRelated: The doctrine accounts for the twelfth imam’s absence from public life.

• Imamate in Shia IslamRelated: It addresses how the imamate continues to hold authority without a publicly accessible Imam.

• Light curveRelated: Its brief dimming can resemble a transit, but the occulting body may not be a planet.

• EphemerisRelated: Predicted body positions establish when and where an occultation will be visible.

• Lunar phaseCompared with: An occultation changes what is visible through alignment, not through the lunar phase cycle.

• Solar eclipseNarrower topic: A solar eclipse is an occultation of the Sun by the Moon as seen from Earth.

• Gravitational lensCompared with: Occultation hides background light; a gravitational lens redirects and can amplify it.

• Lunar librationRelated: Lunar limb profiles revealed through occultations help measure topography at changing viewing angles.

• MahdiRelated: Twelver belief explains the Mahdi’s absence through his ongoing occultation.

• Angular diameterRelated: The timing of an occultation can constrain an object's apparent width.

• Lunar distance methodRelated: Occultations can provide precise timing, but they are rarer than routine lunar-distance observations.

• Marja'iyyaNarrower topic: The Imam's absence provides the setting for delegated religious authority among jurists.

• ArrokothRelated: Stellar occultations helped determine Arrokoth’s dimensions before the spacecraft encounter.

• AldebaranRelated: The Moon periodically occults Aldebaran, enabling precise measurements of its position and angular size.

• Ali al-HadiRelated: His death preceded the succession crisis and concealment that shaped the doctrine of occultation.

• Earth’s shadowNarrower topic: Earth’s shadow is one case of light being blocked, but eclipses specifically involve shadow passage.

• Hasan al-AskariRelated: The doctrine explains the Twelver account of Muhammad al-Mahdi after Hasan’s death.

• KaysanitesRelated: Some Kaysanites explained Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya’s absence through his concealment at Mount Radwa.

• Twelve ImamsRelated: Twelver doctrine uses this idea to explain the final Imam’s absence.

• 3 JunoRelated: Stellar occultations can measure Juno’s projected size and silhouette.

• History of Shia IslamRelated: The imam’s disappearance transformed religious authority and communal leadership.