Why does the April 8 eclipse path take a stranger path than 2017?

The path of the 2024 total solar eclipse takes a much stranger path than the 2017 event. Astronomy: Roen Kelly (This article was first published in 2016 and has been updated). The Moon’s orbit intersects Earth’s orbit around the Sun — the ecliptic — at two points called nodes. When this intersection occurs very nearContinue reading “Why does the April 8 eclipse path take a stranger path than 2017?”
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