Assertion: asteroid belt's asteroid | /r/CapableOf | pass in front of a star
Facets:
value: directly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Limited information about the shapes and compositions of asteroids can be inferred from their light curves (their variation in brightness as they rotate) and their spectral properties, and asteroid sizes can be estimated by timing the lengths of star occulations (when an asteroid passes directly in front of a star).