Spotlight on Total Solar Eclipses
January 9th, 2015 at 2:08:01 PM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | Do total solar eclipses eventually repeat in a pattern over the same spots on the Earth, even if the pattern is quite long? |
January 9th, 2015 at 2:23:25 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 | I think not. But due to the orbits and sizes of the three objects involved, Sun, Earth and Moon, they're not visible over the whole surface of the world. I don't think you'll ever see a total solar eclipse in the Arctic and Antarctic, for example. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |