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Article #4029Re: Sunset Eclipse?
From: Edoardo Biagioni
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1986 11:22
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1986 11:22
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In article <331@alliant.UUCP> tj@alliant.UUCP (Tom Jaskiewicz) writes: >Quiz time: You are planning to be on a beach to see an eclipse at > sunset. How much sandy space will be available to set > up telescopes in? That is, will the tide be low or > high (or in between)? >#################################################################### ># uucp: decvax!linus!alliant!tj ## Bernese are mountains of love. # >#################################################################### You will have a conjunction low tide ==> lots of space. The moon and sun are both 90 degrees from overhead, attracting the ocean's water to places a quarter of the way around the world from you. That means a lot of water is elsewhere, i.e., you have low tide. Ed Biagioni decvax!mcnc!unc!john!biagioni seismo!mcnc!unc!john!biagioni
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-spam!sri-unix!hplabs!pyramid!prls!philabs!mcnc!unc!biagioni From: biagioni@unc.UUCP (Edoardo Biagioni) Newsgroups: sci.astro Subject: Re: Sunset Eclipse? Message-ID: <74@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Oct-86 07:22:53 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.74 Posted: Tue Oct 21 07:22:53 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Oct-86 23:36:04 EDT References: <649@nike.UUCP> <331@alliant.UUCP> Reply-To: biagioni@unc.UUCP (Edoardo Biagioni) Distribution: world Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 17