How Ancient Chinese Solar Eclipse Records Helped to Determine the Earth’s Rotation Rate
Post-eclipse blues? Today’s paper uses solar eclipse observations made thousands of years ago to track how Earth’s rotation rate has slowed over time.
Post-eclipse blues? Today’s paper uses solar eclipse observations made thousands of years ago to track how Earth’s rotation rate has slowed over time.
It would require my weekend. It would require seven hours of driving each way and at least two tanks of gas. It would probably require – ugh – camping. But I could finally see a solar eclipse.