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Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
Partial from Los Angeles, California
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma0.1993
Magnitude0.9962
Maximum eclipse
Duration23 s (0 min 23 s)
Coordinates34°30′N 178°36′W / 34.5°N 178.6°W / 34.5; -178.6
Max. width of band13 km (8.1 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse23:45:22
References
Saros137 (35 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9513

An annular solar eclipse occurred on June 10, 2002. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible in Indonesia, Palau (Kayangel Atoll), Northern Mariana on June 11 (Tuesday), and the western tip of Jalisco, Mexico, on June 10 (Monday). This eclipse was during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The closest apogee occurred on June 4, 2002. It was the first annular solar eclipse visible in the Pacific in 6 months.

It was partially visible in some areas of the United States; in Ventura, in southern California, some observation stations were set up for public viewing.[1] In Palm Desert, in the Coachella Valley, it was clearly visible, and it "got dark, it got cool, and it got eerie".[2]A "solar eclipse party" in Fresno drew around 400 attendees,[3] and as far north as Napa Valley, dozens of people went outside to watch the eclipse.[4], and it was visible in Utah.[5] Canada's National Post predicted a "substantial crowd" for Vancouver, despite the eclipse there being less than 60%;[6] even in Victoria, where the eclipse was as low as 30%, dozens attended a show at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.[7]

Images

Eclipses of 2002

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 137

Inex

Solar eclipses 2000–2003

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[8]

The partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2000 to 2003
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
117 July 1, 2000

Partial 		−1.28214 122

Partial projection in Minneapolis, MN, USA 		December 25, 2000

Partial 		1.13669
127

Totality in Lusaka, Zambia 		June 21, 2001

Total 		−0.57013 132

Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA 		December 14, 2001

Annular 		0.40885
137

Partial in Los Angeles, CA, USA 		June 10, 2002

Annular 		0.19933 142

Totality in Woomera, South Australia 		December 4, 2002

Total 		−0.30204
147

Annularity in Culloden, Scotland 		May 31, 2003

Annular 		0.99598 152
 November 23, 2003

Total 		−0.96381

Saros 137

It is a part of Saros cycle 137, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 25, 1389. It contains total eclipses from August 20, 1533, through December 6, 1695, first set of hybrid eclipses from December 17, 1713, through February 11, 1804, first set of annular eclipses from February 21, 1822, through March 25, 1876, second set of hybrid eclipses from April 6, 1894, through April 28, 1930, and second set of annular eclipses from May 9, 1948, through April 13, 2507. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on June 28, 2633. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 55 seconds on September 10, 1569. Solar Saros 137 has 55 umbral eclipses from August 20, 1533, through April 13, 2507 (973.62 years). That's almost 1 millennium!

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200

December 21, 1805
(Saros 119)
November 19, 1816
(Saros 120)
October 20, 1827
(Saros 121)
September 18, 1838
(Saros 122)
August 18, 1849
(Saros 123)

July 18, 1860
(Saros 124)
June 18, 1871
(Saros 125)
May 17, 1882
(Saros 126)
April 16, 1893
(Saros 127)
March 17, 1904
(Saros 128)

February 14, 1915
(Saros 129)
January 14, 1926
(Saros 130)
December 13, 1936
(Saros 131)
November 12, 1947
(Saros 132)
October 12, 1958
(Saros 133)

September 11, 1969
(Saros 134)
August 10, 1980
(Saros 135)
July 11, 1991
(Saros 136)
June 10, 2002
(Saros 137)
May 10, 2013
(Saros 138)

April 8, 2024
(Saros 139)
March 9, 2035
(Saros 140)
February 5, 2046
(Saros 141)
January 5, 2057
(Saros 142)
December 6, 2067
(Saros 143)

November 4, 2078
(Saros 144)
October 4, 2089
(Saros 145)
September 4, 2100
(Saros 146)
August 4, 2111
(Saros 147)
July 4, 2122
(Saros 148)

June 3, 2133
(Saros 149)
May 3, 2144
(Saros 150)
April 2, 2155
(Saros 151)
March 2, 2166
(Saros 152)
January 29, 2177
(Saros 153)

December 29, 2187
(Saros 154)
November 28, 2198
(Saros 155)

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

20 eclipse events between June 10, 1964 and August 21, 2036
June 10–11 March 28–29 January 14–16 November 3 August 21–22
117 119 121 123 125

June 10, 1964
March 28, 1968
January 16, 1972
November 3, 1975
August 22, 1979
127 129 131 133 135

June 11, 1983
March 29, 1987
January 15, 1991
November 3, 1994
August 22, 1998
137 139 141 143 145

June 10, 2002
March 29, 2006
January 15, 2010
November 3, 2013
August 21, 2017
147 149 151 153 155

June 10, 2021
March 29, 2025
January 14, 2029
November 3, 2032
August 21, 2036

References

  1. ^ "Eclipse observation station being set up in Grant Park today". Ventura County Star. Ventura, California. 2002-06-10. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Velush, Lukas (2002-06-11). "Solar phenomenon awes local residents". The Desert Sun. p. 11. Retrieved 2023-10-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Yahaira Castro (2002-06-11). "Discovery Center's solar eclipse party proves popular". The Fresno Bee.
  4. ^ Roseann Langlois (2002-06-11). "Solar eclipse covers Napa Valley". The Napa Valley Register.
  5. ^ "Solar eclipse tonight last to be visible in Utah for 10 years". The Daily Spectrum. Saint George, Utah. 2002-06-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "West will have best view of solar eclipse". National Post. Ontario, Canada. 2002-06-10. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-10-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Gerard Young (2002-06-11). "Celestial show draws curious". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia.
  8. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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