ellethis is mars’s moon phobos eclipsing the sun. this is what passes for a total solar eclipse there. second-rate planet. just sad
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@ElleGray @dntlookbehindu This never occurred to me... Does this mean that our moon is the exact right size and exact right distance from earth to exactly cover our sun?
Heliograph@gangrif look #waitbutwhy wrote about this 🌌 https://mastodon.au/@Heliograph/112255909378639624
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TIL from #WaitButWhy "Earthlings are very lucky, eclipse-wise. Most planets don’t have a big enough moon to create a total solar eclipse. Not only is our moon big enough, it’s about exactly the size of the sun in our night sky because, by sheer coincidence, the #sun is about 400 times farther from us than the #moon and also about 400 times bigger than the moon in diameter—making our #eclipses especially breathtaking." https://waitbutwhy.com/2024/04/eclipse.html