ASTRON C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Solar Eclipse Of April 8, 2024, Lunar Phase, Apsis

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Astronomy
• Course: ASTRON C10
• Professor: Alexei Filippenko

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Solar eclipse (watch first 15 minutes of lecture but alex geeking out) If the moon were its current distance (q) The moon would block the sun"s disk and the inner corona. On average, once every 380 years on a given spot on earth. You"re a waste if you"re close to a total eclipse and choose not to go. You can"t just see 90% of the eclipse. Alex will retroactively fail you and you"ll lose any job you"ve had if you are close to the path of totality on april 8, 2024 and chose not to go see it. Earth"s orbit of the sun is also elliptical. The sun"s presence warps the the shape of the area around it. The light rays are bent as they pass through the warped space of the sun. Solar eclipse: provided first test of einstein"s general theory of relativity.