Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Does anyone know the probability of another planet in our galaxy having a total solar eclipse like the Earth?
We are in what must be a very unusual position, because the distances and sizes of the Sun and Moon happen to be such that their apparent size is almost exactly the same, so sometimes we will see a total eclipse, but only just, while others we will see an annular eclipse, where a ring of sunlight can be seen around the moon. I really do not know what the probability would be of this happening on any one planet, but given the number of star systems in the galaxy there are probably many.
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