Why does the north get more total eclipses?
Solar eclipses can happen anywhere on earth, but if you want to see a total eclipse, you need to go to the far north, because the Earth’s shape and orbit determine the high latitudes and eclipse hotspot.
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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Annular Eclipse: an eclipse of the sun in which the edge of the sun remains visible as a bright ring around the moon.
- Elliptical orbit: when an object moves around another object in an oval shaped path.
- Latitude: the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
- Total Eclipse: an eclipse of the sun in which the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun.
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