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Last Post 3/7/2007 6:20 AM by Terry Kucera

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3/4/2007 6:36 AM
James W. Fairfield CT. How often do solar eclipses occur? I read in the paper it was the first 'full' solar eclipse in 3 years. Do you know what they mean by that?

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3/7/2007 6:20 AM
Hi James. By 'full' I assume they mean total. Some sort of solar eclipse occurs somewhere in the world about twice a year, but total eclipse are less common. You can see a list of solar eclipses for 2001-2010 (of all kinds) here: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa...v/eclipse/solar.html total= moon completely covers the sun partial = moon partially covers the sun annular = moon covers most of the sun except for a bright ring going all the way around hybrid = an eclipse is total in some places on Earth and annular in others cheers, Terry