How Rare is the April 2024 Eclipse?
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Published 2024-04-06
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References
Thanks to Fred Espenak for all the resources and answering my emails, he really is Mr. Eclipse!
www.mreclipse.com/
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.html
www.amazon.com/Five-Millennium-Canon-Solar-Eclipse…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saros_(astronomy)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inex
Canon of eclipses, 1887. Theodor von Oppolzer.
Periodicity and Variation of Solar (and Lunar) Eclipses, Georg van den Bergh, 1955
Saros Cycle Dates and Related Babylonian Astronomical Texts A Aaboe, J.P. Britton, J.A. Henderson, O. Neugebauer, and AJ. Sachs. Text D ("Solar Saros") B.M. 36754 (80-6-17, 48 + 564)
Credits
Annular Solar Eclipse Image: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2023_Annual_Eclips…
Total Solar Eclipse Image: Luc Viator lucnix.be/
Original Saros Inex Panorama Design by Georg van den Bergh
Errata
8:10 Oppolzer dates should be 1841-1886
All Comments (21)
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I hardly understand whats going on but luckily some guy already figured it out a few thousand years ago and wrote in on a stone tablet. Humans are amazing.
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This video is golden and totally deserves millions of views.
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Ok flat earthers, show us your eclipse model.
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Helps me appreciate the fact that I drove all the way to Indiana to see this beautiful event in person!! I can't guarantee I'll be able to view the next one. So that was totally worth it. Much love, for this epic explanation
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This has got to be by far the clearest explanation on solar eclipses I've ever seen or heard. Easy to understand as well. Very well done. Thank you.
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That clarifies things. Thank you! 🙏
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I’m so happy I got to see this with my kids! Pictures & videos will never do it justice, it was absolutely incredible
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Thank your for sharing your panorama! Beautiful work!
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OMG This animation is pure GOLD! I feel like I've just been shown - and now realising the complexity of - how the earth/ moon/ sun actually move for the first time in my LIFE!! Never mind eclipses, but that's cool too. I sorta realised that the moon orbit was not in the same plane as earth & planetary orbits round the sun... But that's about all.
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Absolutely fantastic! Great work!
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I feel dumb after watching this
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That was an incredibly clear presentation! I am going to show this to my 6 and 7 year olds, which I think will give them a better understanding of what's happening tomorrow.
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One of the most underrated channels on YouTube. Keep up the great work and we hope Fatherhood has been fantastic so far!
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Always amazing that Babolynians and Egyptians had figured out thousands of years ago. Great video and animations
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thank you for that awesome and very illustrative explanation
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Excellently detailed and well explained.
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Years of research information in less than 10 mins. Great Thank you 🙏
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Fantastic job thanks for the dig and the poster!
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Question: how rare was it that we had a similar total eclipse seven years ago in the USA? Have there been cycles elsewhere with that crisscrossing pattern where there’s one and then next one (almost) seven years later?
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That was an awesome explanation. Thank you!
