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Once* in a lifetime! (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Eclipses happen during eclipse seasons, which happen every six months.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

You're thinking of Haley's comet. Easy mistake.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Once in a lifetime on the current track maybe. But the next one after this one happend in 2033.

[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I was 20km from the path of the totality. The next one I'll even be able to see a partial eclipse isn't happening until ~2045.

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[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hey, you can't tell people in the past that! They might figure out the moon gets destroyed later. You want the time authority to vaporize you or something?

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[–] JulesTheModest@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

I just had this argument with my family, timely!

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

There was a great episode of NOVA on pbs last night talking indepth about eclipses and their frequency. The gist wad that they have known how to predict them to within 4 minutes and they occur about every 7 years

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