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To: Kaslin

I just went out and looked at the solar ellipse and it looks like a circle, not an ellipse. Just how much flattening is a solar ellipse supposed to have?


17 posted on 08/21/2017 9:30:34 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt
I just went out and looked at the solar ellipse and it looks like a circle, not an ellipse. Just how much flattening is a solar ellipse supposed to have?

ECLIPSE, as in the moon moving in front of the Sun, or partially in front of the Sun, depending on your particular location on Earth and eclipsing, or partially eclipsing, it. ie, blocking out the Sun totally or partially, depending on one's location on Earth, thus their viewing angle.

24 posted on 08/21/2017 9:38:09 AM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Where are you? Here in LA you can see a nibble taken out of the sun (at 9:05). Supposed to be (our) totality (70%) at 10:15 or so. It’s fun to watch.


28 posted on 08/21/2017 9:46:06 AM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: 17th Miss Regt
It's called Eclipse not Ellipse.

Definition of eclipse

1 a : the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another : the passing into the shadow of a celestial body

Eclipse


An Ellipse is something completely different

Definition of Ellipse

73 posted on 08/21/2017 10:40:32 AM PDT by Kaslin (Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur - Politicians are not born; they are excreted. (Cicero)
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