How Rare is the April 2024 Eclipse?

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Juan Benet, Ross Hanson, Yan Babitski, AJ Englehardt, Alvin Khaled, Eduardo Barraza, Hitoshi Yamauchi, Jaewon Jung, Mrgoodlight, Shinichi Hayashi, Sid Sarasvati

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References
Thanks to Fred Espenak for all the resources and answering my emails, he really is Mr. Eclipse!
Canon of eclipses, 1887. Theodor von Oppolzer.
Periodicity and Variation of Solar (and Lunar) Eclipses, Georg van den Bergh, 1955
Saros Cycle Dates and Related Babylonian Astronomical Texts A Aaboe, J.P. Britton, J.A. Henderson, O. Neugebauer, and AJ. Sachs. Text D ("Solar Saros") B.M. 36754 (80-6-17, 48 + 564)

Credits
Original Saros Inex Panorama Design by Georg van den Bergh

Errata
8:10 Oppolzer dates should be 1841-1886

[mathematiqq]

I hardly understand whats going on but luckily some guy already figured it out a few thousand years ago and wrote in on a stone tablet. Humans are amazing.

[cjlive]

Ok flat earthers, show us your eclipse model.

[astral]

This video is golden and totally deserves millions of views.

[Oddie]

Helps me appreciate the fact that I drove all the way to Indiana to see this beautiful event in person!! I can't guarantee I'll be able to view the next one. So that was totally worth it. Much love, for this epic explanation

[masseybusiness]

This has got to be by far the clearest explanation on solar eclipses I've ever seen or heard. Easy to understand as well. Very well done. Thank you.

[rhouser]

I’m so happy I got to see this with my kids! Pictures & videos will never do it justice, it was absolutely incredible

[jonr]

OMG This animation is pure GOLD!

I feel like I've just been shown - and now realising the complexity of - how the earth/ moon/ sun actually move for the first time in my LIFE!! Never mind eclipses, but that's cool too.

I sorta realised that the moon orbit was not in the same plane as earth & planetary orbits round the sun... But that's about all.

[TheSienn]

Thank your for sharing your panorama! Beautiful work!

[jamesknapp]

Always amazing that Babolynians and Egyptians had figured out thousands of years ago.

Great video and animations

[Guishan_Lingyou]

That was an incredibly clear presentation! I am going to show this to my 6 and 7 year olds, which I think will give them a better understanding of what's happening tomorrow.

[Slayer-]

Excellently detailed and well explained.

[marinama]

thank you for that awesome and very illustrative explanation

[kylewilliamrobertson]

One of the most underrated channels on YouTube. Keep up the great work and we hope Fatherhood has been fantastic so far!

[AnilKumar-xlte]

Years of research information in less than 10 mins.
Great
Thank you 🙏

[Othy]

You are amazing thank you so much for sharing. Wow, just WOW

[bananatopper]

Question: how rare was it that we had a similar total eclipse seven years ago in the USA? Have there been cycles elsewhere with that crisscrossing pattern where there’s one and then next one (almost) seven years later?

[nextup]

That was an awesome explanation. Thank you!

[kimbowers]

Fantastic job thanks for the dig and the poster!

[zecoya]

I saw the total eclipse in my backyard it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen🙌🌚

[iasimov]

Just goes to show you ancient men were intelligent fellas and weren't standing around waiting for television and cell phones.