EdFred
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Does anyone thing it is slightly amazing that we know exactly when and where these events occur?
I can't hardly keep track of the moon's unpredictable visitations, yet we know way in advance, incredible details of the next eclipse.
AND we have been doing this for thousands of years.
If you don't think it's difficult to predict the next eclipse, well.....go! (I wouldn't have a clue where to begin.)
(Other than googling, lol)
Moon and unpredictable? What?
It cycles every 28ish days (depends on whether you use the stars or sun as a reference point), has an inclination(means it bobs up and down once as it makes an orbit) of about 5 degrees , and a slightly egg shaped orbit. From there it's relatively simple math to find the total eclipses and the answer to the question of "when is there a new moon when it crosses (near) the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun and is on the close(r) approach of it's orbit?"
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