For those who don’t know, Martian solar eclipses suck compared to ours. The near equal relative size of the sun and moon to Earth is why we get such awesome eclipses.
Perks of having a planet-sized object slam into your planet during its Hadean Eon.
Phobos is just not very aesthetically constructed.
Wife: “Does this dress make me look fat?” Me, a discerning scientist: “You’re just not very aesthetically constructed.”
Some people find hydrostatic equilibrium aesthetically pleasing.
Space potato.
You can’t fool me, those are just the cookie monster’s eyes
Since our moon is moving away from us we’ll have these sorts of eclipses in the future. The fact that we’re living at a time when they’re the same apparent size is pretty amazing.
Imagine eclipses in the very early ages of life on land. It would be like Pitch Black.
The creatures in Pitch Black had a more equitable society, prove me wrong
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OK but it’s pretty cool that the moon is just far enough and just the right size relative to Earth and the sun to give us all those rad eclipses.
EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.
I read somewhere that this phenomenon is so unlikely that if we ever need to represent our planet in an intergalactic context, the solar eclipse would be a good candidate for a symbol to put on a flag [citation needed]
I’m down and anyone who isn’t hasn’t seen a total eclipse yet. I saw my first one last year and by the time it finally came up I was starting to be a little fed up of hearing about it and slightly skeptical about how big of a deal it was. Then the day came, it got dark in a way my senses were not ready for and finally Totality happened, I saw the diamond ring with my own eyes and I lost my marbles at how fucking deeply existential this moment felt. 10/10 would watch again
I’m in the UK so didn’t see the last one but during the previous one I found looking around at the darkness and observing how all the birds went quiet was a bigger deal than the actual eclipse of the sun. I mean that was still really cool, but the dark and stillness was uncanny.
Sorry, but a similar design is already taken by the planet where everyone’s obsessed with The Ring
Because the moon is moving away very slowly there will be a last total solar eclipse at some point. We’re lucky to have such good ones currently
EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.
You mean a Loonie.
SMH.
You’re right I should use the scientific names for things in this community.
Accuracy is important. Precision, too. Don’t mix them up!
What a guy, eh?
More like hoser.
sorry
Americans are insane. I don’t want to stereotype, but who the fuck needs a burger the size of a car?
I had lots of cars the size of burgers though, when I was a little child
I have lots of cars the size of burgers now, when I am ostensibly no longer a little child.
I mean it’s almost the size of that apartment building in the back.
(Or is it fore? Never quite grok’d any of that perspective stuff…)
😂
It is still a wonder of nature though that they appear the exact same size in our sky, allowing perfect eclipses
It’s a happy coincidence that we get to experience both total and annular solar eclipses. It wasn’t always so, and it won’t always be so. There was a first annular eclipse, and there will be a final total eclipse.
actually the part that i am scratching my head at is the sevenfold brighter bit.
I was curious about this too. From random web searching (Syfy.com), the sun is 200,000 times brighter than the moon in the visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
I know human perception is logarithmic. I’m interested why it was thought it was 7x brighter. “Sevenfold as the seven days in one” it seems?
I think sevenfold means
n^7notn*7.I didn’t know about logarithmic perception, that’s interesting! I bet you’re right about 7x being chosen due to the significance of the number seven in the Bible.
I was surprised to see that they dug a verse from the Book of Enoch. It’s not even considered to be canon within Christianity or Judaism.
What is that? A car for ants?
A burger for Americans
Fun fact as a game dev I had to write this code a couple of times where I project the 3d stuff into 2d like that so when you tap with your finger or click I can do proper distance checks in 2d (what’s closest to the finger?), even though it feels and acts 3d.
Dude thought he was in orthographic view.
That’s about the size, where you put your eyes
We’re dealing with a class of people who genuinely think Sesame Street is a commie psyop
I’m currently reading “The sword of Dawn” manwha. There, the planet is closer to a low luminosity star, making sunset/rise way bigger.
