If the full moon was at perigee, then about 2 weeks later, the new moon will be at apogee. QED! Wayne Sumner CTE teacher: Astronomy & Engineering Boy's Tennis Coach cell: (801) 721-5852 ________________________________________ From: utah-astronomy-bounces+wsumner=dsdmail.net@mailman.xmission.com [utah-astronomy-bounces+wsumner=dsdmail.net@mailman.xmission.com] on behalf of erikhansen@thebluezone.net [erikhansen@thebluezone.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:14 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Annular but not by much
If the May 6th full moon was so super, then how come we only get an annular solar eclipse?
This looks to be annular only by a very small margin. My initial
calculations show the the uncovered disk of the sun will be a ring only 1/4 second of arc thick. Does this jive with other's calculations? If this is correct, it will be very interesting to see what that small amount of sunlight will do to destroy the view of the corona and prominences. If anything is visible, it will be only fleeting. Perhaps Baily's Beads will be the star of the show. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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