Astronomy Question- What does this mean?

Question

I stubmbled upon a list of predictions for the 29th century while randomly clicking around on wikipedia. What does this mean?
Specifically the term "occult"? Thanks.

--March 25, 2816: At 15:47 UTC Mercury will occult Jupiter
March 6, 2817: At 9:36 UTC Venus will occult Saturn
April 11, 2818: At 20:41 UTC Mercury will occult Mars
February 6, 2825: At 10:50 UTC Mars will occult Uranus
2829/2830: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn
December 15, 2830: At 09:40 UTC Venus will occult Mars
July 20, 2855: At 05:15 UTC Mercury will occult Jupiter
2842/2843: Triple conjunction Mars-Jupiter
December 16, 2846: Transit of Venus
December 14, 2854: Partial transit of Venus
2866: Triple conjunction Mars-Saturn

Answer 1

occult - when two astronoomical bodies overlap each other, as it appears on Earth
transit - apparent movement of body across the sun

Answer 2

These are some definitions of 'occult' in respect to what you are asking about.
1. Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
2. Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
3. Hide from view

Hence your first entry means that on that date Mercury will eclipse Jupiter as seen from Earth.

Definition of triple conjunction is:
A triple conjunction is an astronomical event, where two planets or a planet and a star meet each other three times in a short period either in opposition or at the time of inferior conjunction, if an inferior planet is involved. The visible movement of the planet or the planets in the sky is therefore normally prograde at the first conjunction, retrograde at the second conjunction and again prograde at the third conjunction.

Answer 3

'Occult' means the same thing as 'eclipse' - a planet moves in front of another planet, hiding it from view (assuming it could have been seen anyway). 'Conjunction' means planets move close to each other as seen from Earth (not sure how close). 'Transit' means the planet will move across the disk of the sun (as seen from Earth); only Venus and Mercury do this.

Answer 4

occult means to pass in front of, or between the Earth and the 2 planets involved

Answer 5

This: http://www.answers.com/topic/vtransitsj-jpg



One planet goes right over the other. Very rare.

No mutual planet-on-planet coverings will occur between 1818 and 2065.


Much more common is the moon occulting a bright star or planet, that happens every few months or so.

Answer 6

Yup, like the above said.

It has nothing to do with Wicca or the occult as many folk understand it (As far as I know, anyway).

Hey, I have been wrong once or twice in my life! ;-)

The Ol' Sasquatch Ü

Answer 7

OCCULT MEANS TO PASS IN FRONT OF.MERCURY OCCULTS JUPITER MEANS THAT MERCUERY WILL PASS IN FROBNT OF JUPITER FROM OUR EARTHBPUND POINT OF VIEW. THINK ECCLIPSE. TRANSITS OCCUR WHEN OBJECTS PASS IN FRONT OF THE SUN.