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Ring cycle: Antarctica, Australia, NZ to get annular eclipse
0 Comments | AFP, February, 2008
PARIS (AFP) — A handful of scientists and visitors in Antarctica will get a rare treat on Thursday with an annular eclipse of the Sun, while Southeast Australia and New Zealand will get a partial view, websites reported on Thursday.
An annular eclipse happens when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth.
Because of a minute difference in distance because of celestial mechanics, the Moon does not cover the solar face completely, as in a total eclipse. As a result, the Moon appears as a dark disc, with a dazzling, ring-shaped corona around it.
For those watching from the fringe of the track, the Sun is partially obscured, as if a bite had been taken out of it.
Thursday's eclipse runs from 0138 to 0611 GMT.
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