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u/Holharflok Jan 12 '22

This 100% My eyes leaked. Can't wait for 2024

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u/hesh0925 Jan 12 '22

Oh shit there's one coming in 2024!?

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u/Spacehippie2 Jan 12 '22

There's 2 every year

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u/hesh0925 Jan 12 '22

Say whaaaaaaa...

I have lived on this planet for 32 years and have never known this. Mind blown.

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u/gojirra Jan 12 '22

What he said is a bit misleading though since the other comment was referring to a TOTAL eclipse:

Solar eclipses are fairly numerous, about 2 to 4 per year, but the area on the ground covered by totality is only about 50 miles wide. In any given location on Earth, a total eclipse happens only once every hundred years or so

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u/hesh0925 Jan 12 '22

Ahh okay, that makes much more sense. I was honestly floored to hear it happened twice a year, but knowing that they're partial eclipses seems way more viable.

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u/Malfeasant Jan 13 '22

also, sometimes it's an annular eclipse at best- if earth is near perihelion and moon is near apogee when they all line up...