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Why don't we have a solar eclipse every month? Because the Moon's orbit is tilted over the ecliptic plane, changing the placement of its shadow. [🎞️ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]

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Koushik Ahmed1 year ago

Why?

The Washington Post1 year ago

Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week stretch.

BradKat 🐯1 year ago

Amazing how they figure all this stuff out!

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Impressive how they work all this out!

Yun ♡1 year ago

so ur telling me the moon be gatekeeping eclipses just cuz it’s a little tilted 😭

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