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The paper describing the database on the detected events has just been published! There all the database content is discussed and the terms are defined. Have look! When using the database, please cite the paper: F. Braga-Ribas et al, 2019 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1365 012024 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1365/1/012024

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Since 2005, an international team has been dedicated to the study of distant bodies in the Solar System through stellar occultations. It is led by Dr. Bruno Sicardy, researcher of the Paris-Meudon Observatory, and includes researchers from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia, led by Dr. José Luiz Ortiz and also researchers from Brazil, led by Dr. Roberto Vieira Martins from National Observatory in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian team has an infrastructure of LIneA and the support of INCT of e-Universo ...