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A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially.Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of Earth's orbit. [1]
It was seen during the Fall of Constantinople (the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire), during the siege that lasted from Thursday, 5 April 1453 until Tuesday, 29 May 1453), after which the city fell to the Ottomans.
Sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.Taken on 20 October 1968 from Apollo 7.. Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light.
Occultation of Uranus during the lunar eclipse on 8 November 2022. Occultation of a star by the Moon. The term occultation is most frequently used to describe lunar occultations, those relatively frequent occasions when the Moon passes in front of a star during the course of its orbital motion around the Earth.
Portion of the Carina Nebula. Around 150 AD, Ptolemy recorded, in books VII–VIII of his Almagest, five stars that appeared nebulous.He also noted a region of nebulosity between the constellations Ursa Major and Leo that was not associated with any star. [9]
Paleogeography of the Middle Ordovician (~470 Ma) [citation needed] The Ordovician meteor event was a dramatic increase in the rate at which L chondrite meteorites fell to Earth during the Middle Ordovician period, about 467.5±0.28 million years ago.
Mata Hari or Matahari may also refer to: Film and television. Mata Hari, a German film starring Magda Sonja; Mata Hari ...
Di Timur Matahari (phrasal translation: To The East of the Morning Sun) is a 2012 Indonesian film directed by Ari "Ale" Sihasale and starring Laura Basuki and Lukman Sardi. Shot in Tioh, Lanny Jaya , Papua , over a period of one month, it follows young Papuan children as they struggle to learn despite an ongoing tribal war.