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Particular expert in eclipses (both solar and lunar), but able to answer most questions about astronomy or refer to a website that can help
Have been interested in eclipses since August 1999 and hope to see the annular eclipse in Scotland next year
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If you are able to e-mail me a copy of the pictures (harryhayfield@googlemail.com) that would allow me to confirm the theory that you picked up the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) which is a group of stars that
It depends entirely where you start from. Where I live you would have to be at least 7,500km above the surface. Someone living in Toronto would have to be at least 7,000km above the surface. Someone
All answers based on Albany, NY: 058° from north, Days would double in length (i.e 48 hours instead of 24), the earth's rotation, because the sun is nearer the north pole and therefore gets more heat
Don't worry. You witter on! Our solar system was indeed formed by a solar nebula (when the sun erupted into life 4.6 billion years ago. There is actually a formula for estimating how many earth like
Prespective! The sun has a diameter of 1.39 million km and is 149.6 million km from Earth. The moon has a diameter of 3,476km (400 times smaller) and is 384,400km from Earth (390 times nearer). Therefore
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