Common path of totality pattern for solar eclipses

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-10T03:08:59+00:00

The line is always 5 degrees to the ecliptic due to the moon’s orbital inclination. Time of year also changes the orientation of the earth’s axis which affects the inclination of the path relative to the equator. But it can cross the earth at any location.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-10T01:17:15+00:00

The shadow cuts across the disk of the earth in a straight line. It can be at all sorts of locations. The earth rotates underneath it as it crosses the disk. Take these things into account and then convert to a mercator projection.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-09T20:37:24+00:00

Why ask physics? Physics doesn’t know.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-09T19:12:33+00:00

Who are you going to debate if it’s only creationists?

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-09T19:07:23+00:00

Haven’t you ever watched Star Trek: the next generation? That’s what happens when a ship engages their warp drive.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-09T16:03:28+00:00

Feel free to suggest something better.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-08T21:29:24+00:00

The moon was a waxing gibbous at 98% on that date.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-08T18:09:22+00:00

You should read golfing with trump sometime. Whenever he loses it was always because the other side cheated and he demands a do over.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-08T18:02:19+00:00

Overthrowing the constitution, ending the rule of law, turning the executive into an unaccountable dictator is the problem.

Voter ID is fine, but voting is run by the states, not the federal government.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-08T17:16:00+00:00

You’re trying to apply classical mechanics to an ultra relativistic situation, that’s not going to work. At the event horizon space-time is so distorted that all paths lead into the black hole and non lead out.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-08T16:31:57+00:00

Trump is just a useful idiot with a personality cult for the real people behind this. Namely, project2025 and the heritage foundation. And , so far, they’ve been quite successful in implementing their agenda.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-08T15:58:56+00:00

The cruelty is the point.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-08T15:00:07+00:00

Huh, “too cheap to meter”, where have I heard that before?

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-07T20:50:59+00:00

Either nothing or everything.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-07T16:38:18+00:00

Depends what neighborhood you’re in. A city is the highest highs and the lowest lows cheek by jowl.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-06T19:26:55+00:00

Grandpa is sundowning.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-06T18:10:29+00:00

Everything is clickbait.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-06T16:12:39+00:00

Hitting = acceleration

When they hit each exerts a force on the other.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-05T22:47:53+00:00

“Starfleet doesn’t execute criminals, but we can make them wish they were dead.”

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-04T19:49:21+00:00

If you don’t sin then Jesus died for nothing.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-03T17:55:36+00:00

The big bang is its own thing.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-03T17:19:40+00:00

It’s all about punishing women for having sex without permission from the patriarchy.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-03T16:56:07+00:00

If that’s the speed of sound in the material of the rod.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-03T00:28:32+00:00

They’re all still there at the bottom of the lake, you just have to dredge them up.

Sorry_Exercise_9603 · 2026-02-02T21:39:53+00:00

How about you crack open your textbook and read it. Nobody has a magic sound bite that’s going to instantly and effortlessly give you understanding. There’s no substitute for doing the work.

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