anyone here superstitious of a lunar eclipse?

[ayoub_ibrahim]

I'm only asking because a total eclipse of the Moon will take place on 9 January and that will be seen in Europe, most of Africa, and all of Asia.

[dZeus]

what's a lunar eclips? when the earth is exactly between the sun and the moon? doesn't that happen once a month already?

sorry for being ignorant

[agallag]

Find your answer here dZeus:

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise....2&ti=761568140

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Andrew
Carpe Cerevisi

[agallag]

Specifically:

If the earth's orbit, or the ecliptic, were in the same plane as the moon's orbit, two total eclipses would occur during each lunar month, a lunar eclipse at the time of each full moon, and a solar eclipse at the time of each new moon. The two orbits, however, are inclined, and, as a result, eclipses occur only when the moon or the sun is within a few degrees of the two points, called the nodes, where the orbits intersect.

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Andrew
Carpe Cerevisi

[dZeus]

so a lunar eclips is a full moon that looks like a new moon (i.e. it's full moon, but you can't see any reflected light from it, because the earth is blocking it's way)?

[agallag]

Yup

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Andrew
Carpe Cerevisi

[Gurm]

ayoub:

Yes, I'm extremely suspicious about a lunar eclipse. Especially this one, as it is the warning herald for a much more important event... the great planetary alignment.

There will be massive earth changes on that day, when all 5 planets line up in a row and...

Oh, wait. There are 10 planets. Sheesh! Silly me! And they won't really line up. D'Oh! And it happened last year already! Oh crap!

Honestly though, I think any eclipse is a good excuse to start a shooting spree. Where do you live again?

- Gurm

P.S. Yes, TEN planets. Do the math, folks. You know that asteroid belt? Yeah, used to be a planet. That must've been an ugly scene a few epochs ago, huh?

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[This message has been edited by Gurm (edited 03 January 2001).]

[agallag]

Hmmm, "used to be a planet"? That implies that it's no longer a planet? So, uh, why would you still count it? I used to be a child, so should I still get child rates at the movies? Cool...

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Andrew
Carpe Cerevisi

[Gurm]

For the purposes of the so-called "Earth Changes" and "Planetary Alignment" which are supposed to be caused by the gravitational pull of the planets all lining up.

Although the asteroid belt hasn't been a planet for millions of years, it retains the mass of a planet and the gravitational pull of a planet, albeit not a single-point pull.

That's all.

- Gurm

P.S. My suppositions are based on certain laws of planetary mass which state how many planets there should be and what distances they should maintain from the star.

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[This message has been edited by Gurm (edited 03 January 2001).]

[ayoub_ibrahim]

quoted from Gurm : "Honestly though, I think any eclipse is a good excuse to start a shooting spree. Where do you live again?"
I'm really Guru in disguise & live in Borgå,Finland. you'll recognise me by my rotating tie rack with a light which I got for christmas!!
just kidding & no offence meant Guru

[ayoub_ibrahim]

thought I'd bump this up as tonight, the moon should go red with the eclipse. for those in UK, it should start about 18-40 & end around 22-00.

[Ant]

Looks like it's going to be clear from the Midlands upward so we should get a good view.

[Jorden]

Are you afraid of Red White and Blue

Ahum, no, I'm not afraid of the crushing effect of the allignment of 5 to 10 planets. And I'll be watching the start of the eclipse from my car tonight, as I'll still be underway from work by then

Jord.

[Greebe]

dZues look here... http://science.nasa.gov/

[dZeus]

Thanks Greebe...

quote from article:

A Total Eclipse of the Sun -- on the Moon!

hmm... anyone care for a second total solar eclipse? I'll arrange the trips to the moon