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Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE)During 5,000-year period from -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE), Earth will experience 11,898 eclipses of the Sun. The statistical distribution of eclipse types for this interval is as follows: 4,200 partial eclipses, 3956 annular eclipses, 3173 total eclipses, and 569 hybrid eclipses.

Detailed global maps for each of the 11,898 eclipses delineate the geographic regions of visibility for both the penumbral (partial) and umbral or antumbral (total, annular, or hybrid) phases of every event. Modern political borders are plotted to assist in the determination of eclipse visibility. The uncertainty in Earth's rotational period expressed in the parameter ΔT and its impact on the geographic visibility of eclipses in the past and future is discussed.
Document ID
20070003587
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Technical Publication (TP)
Authors
Fred Espenak
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Jean Meeus
(Retired Kortenberg, Belgium)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 2006
Publication Information
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
REPT-2005-02440-1
NASA/TP-2006-214141
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 693-00-00
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Portions of document may include copyright protected material.
Keywords
Moon
Sun
Ephemeris
Celestial mechanics
Solar eclipse
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