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second contact
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Noun
second contact (countable and uncountable, plural second contacts)
- (astronomy) The moment, during an eclipse or transit, when the smaller body is entirely inside the larger body, moving further inward, also known as interior ingress.
- Coordinate terms: first contact, third contact, fourth contact
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