who is the community note for? who is going to look at the tweet and then the note and think "no fucking way, she is lying?".

  • Pandantic@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    God can’t be too mad or he would make this eclipse have a 7 min totality like the one that will happen July 16, 2186. He’s just medium mad, so calm down.

      • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        First, the Moon’s distance from Earth varies over its orbit. Second, Earth’s elliptical orbit causes the Sun’s distance and apparent diameter to vary by about 3 percent from perihelion (closest approach) to aphelion (farthest approach). Near the sunrise and sunset terminators, the Moon’s shadow hits Earth’s surface at a steep angle. This geometry causes the shadow to move quickly with respect to the surface, which shortens totality’s duration.

        https://www.astronomy.com/science/what-causes-the-variety-of-totality-length-from-one-solar-eclipse-to-the-next-why-does-the-length-of-totality-vary-along-the-path-of-an-eclipse/