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0 pointseichin2y ago0 comments

It's also "temporary" (moon's orbital radius increases ~4cm/year)

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doakes2y ago· 3 in thread

Interesting! I wonder how long ago (if ever) eclipses weren't even possible

it's the opposite, a long time ago eclipses were "bigger" and happened more often, as the moon drifts farther away, it seems smaller to us and will no longer be big enough in our sky to block the sun one day.

Lerc2y ago

Then we will have to endure a few million years of people arguing whether or not it should be called an eclipse or a transit

doakes2y ago

Thanks for clarifying

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