• Question: when do you think we will have a elipse

    Asked by moorl001 to Davie, Gemma, James P, James V, Nuala on 29 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: James Verdon

      James Verdon answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Hi moorl,

      Because the motions of the planets are completely predictable, astronomers can predict exactly when the next eclipse will be.

      NASA keeps a website listing when and where the next eclipses will happen – it’s here:
      http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html

      It appears that the next solar eclipse will be in November 13th (when the moon goes in front of the sun), and the next lunar eclipse will be November 28th (when the earth goes in front of the moon, and you can see the shadow of the earth on the moon).

    • Photo: James Pope

      James Pope answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Hi moorl001,

      I can’t wait for the next eclipse in Britain, I just hope I get to see it and it won’t be cloudy, which knowing the UK, it will be!

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