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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (6 children) Boats exist permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ah yes, surely people are willing to go to the middle of massive oceans on a boat to see the eclipse :P permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If they care enough, they will. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago "It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? $10?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) If you have a space ship, you don't even have to wait for them to hit Earth. There's constantly total eclipses from each of the planets and moons. I'm very curious what a total eclipse from a body with an atmosphere would look like. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What do you mean? Isn't Earth a body with an atmosphere? Also, I get your point, but boats are a lot more accessible than spacecraft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I mean where the eclisping body has an atmosphere. The moon is a solid body with hard edges. It can give total eclipses, annular eclipses (where the entire moon is surrounded by the sun but it doesn't block the whole thing because it's farther from the Earth), and partial eclipses (where they overlap but aren't entirely on top of each other). Earth would make a different kind of shadow where there would be other variations depending on whether the planet itself and/or the atmosphere are fully or partially covering the sun. And then there's Jupiter, where the atmosphere is much larger than the rocky core and the pressure is high enough that it's not very well defined where the atmosphere transitions from gas to liquid to solid, which would probably give a different effect for eclipses. Though that depends on how opaque or transparent it is, also the sun's apparent size would be smaller, so it might be kinda underwhelming. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Ah yes, surely people are willing to go to the middle of massive oceans on a boat to see the eclipse :P permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If they care enough, they will. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago "It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? $10?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If they care enough, they will. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago "It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? $10?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago "It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? $10?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) If you have a space ship, you don't even have to wait for them to hit Earth. There's constantly total eclipses from each of the planets and moons. I'm very curious what a total eclipse from a body with an atmosphere would look like. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What do you mean? Isn't Earth a body with an atmosphere? Also, I get your point, but boats are a lot more accessible than spacecraft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I mean where the eclisping body has an atmosphere. The moon is a solid body with hard edges. It can give total eclipses, annular eclipses (where the entire moon is surrounded by the sun but it doesn't block the whole thing because it's farther from the Earth), and partial eclipses (where they overlap but aren't entirely on top of each other). Earth would make a different kind of shadow where there would be other variations depending on whether the planet itself and/or the atmosphere are fully or partially covering the sun. And then there's Jupiter, where the atmosphere is much larger than the rocky core and the pressure is high enough that it's not very well defined where the atmosphere transitions from gas to liquid to solid, which would probably give a different effect for eclipses. Though that depends on how opaque or transparent it is, also the sun's apparent size would be smaller, so it might be kinda underwhelming. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) What do you mean? Isn't Earth a body with an atmosphere? Also, I get your point, but boats are a lot more accessible than spacecraft. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I mean where the eclisping body has an atmosphere. The moon is a solid body with hard edges. It can give total eclipses, annular eclipses (where the entire moon is surrounded by the sun but it doesn't block the whole thing because it's farther from the Earth), and partial eclipses (where they overlap but aren't entirely on top of each other). Earth would make a different kind of shadow where there would be other variations depending on whether the planet itself and/or the atmosphere are fully or partially covering the sun. And then there's Jupiter, where the atmosphere is much larger than the rocky core and the pressure is high enough that it's not very well defined where the atmosphere transitions from gas to liquid to solid, which would probably give a different effect for eclipses. Though that depends on how opaque or transparent it is, also the sun's apparent size would be smaller, so it might be kinda underwhelming. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I mean where the eclisping body has an atmosphere. The moon is a solid body with hard edges. It can give total eclipses, annular eclipses (where the entire moon is surrounded by the sun but it doesn't block the whole thing because it's farther from the Earth), and partial eclipses (where they overlap but aren't entirely on top of each other). Earth would make a different kind of shadow where there would be other variations depending on whether the planet itself and/or the atmosphere are fully or partially covering the sun. And then there's Jupiter, where the atmosphere is much larger than the rocky core and the pressure is high enough that it's not very well defined where the atmosphere transitions from gas to liquid to solid, which would probably give a different effect for eclipses. Though that depends on how opaque or transparent it is, also the sun's apparent size would be smaller, so it might be kinda underwhelming. permalink fedilink source parent