Comments on: Did You Miss Today’s Solar Eclipse? http://themoderatevoice.com/5623/did-you-miss-todays-solar-eclipse/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: BrianOfAtlanta http://themoderatevoice.com/5623/did-you-miss-todays-solar-eclipse/comment-page-1/#comment-745 BrianOfAtlanta Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:20:21 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/2006/03/30/uncategorized/did-you-miss-todays-solar-eclipse/#comment-745 The most amazing thing about a solar eclypse to me is that our moon is the perfect size to generate one. If it were much bigger or smaller or if it were much closer* or farther away we wouldn't have the spectacular effect of only a visible corona. *Technically, if it were much closer tidal forces would rip it apart, but that's beside the point. The most amazing thing about a solar eclypse to me is that our moon is the perfect size to generate one. If it were much bigger or smaller or if it were much closer* or farther away we wouldn’t have the spectacular effect of only a visible corona.

*Technically, if it were much closer tidal forces would rip it apart, but that’s beside the point.

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