second contact

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second contact (countable and uncountable, plural second contacts)

  1. (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