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Which phenomenon occurs when a planet passes between its parent star and the observer, causing a temporary decrease in the star's brightness as the planet blocks some of its light?
Which phenomenon occurs when a planet passes between its parent star and the observer, causing a temporary decrease in the star's brightness as the planet blocks some of its light?
The phenomenon where a planet passes between its parent star and the observer, causing a temporary decrease in the star’s brightness, is called a planetary transit or exoplanet transit.