Talk:Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
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ascending and descending nodes
[edit]Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but the graphic in this article with the ascending and descending nodes is wrong. For Solar Eclipse Saros Numbers, Even-numbered Saros series (Saros 118 included) occur near the descending node of the moon, and odd-numbered Saros series occur at the ascending node. Saros 118 occurs at the descending node.
Please see the NASA site. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros118.html http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2011.html#SE2011Jun01P
From: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros.html
Solar eclipses that take place near the Moon's ascending node have odd Saros numbers. Each succeeding eclipse in a series shifts progressively southward with respect to the center of Earth. On the other hand, solar eclipses occurring near the Moon's descending node have even Saros numbers...
The Saros cycle for lunar eclipses operates analogously with the solar eclipse Saros...
Note however, that the Saros numbering is opposite to that for solar eclipses. Lunar eclipses occurring near the Moon's ascending node have even Saros numbers. Each succeeding eclipse in a series shifts progressively southward with respect to the axis of Earth's shadow. Correspondingly, lunar eclipses occurring near the Moon's descending node have odd Saros numbers.
--Mbase1235 (talk) 08:02, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
- Confirmed. I switched the headers at: Template:Solar eclipse set 2011-2014.
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