Plan to wash lots of clothes if you travel the world. (Photo: George Doyle/Stockbyte/Getty Images ) Phileas Fogg took 80 days to travel the world to win a bet. Nellie Bly beat that record by eight days to prove the resourcefulness of solo female travelers. Neither the fictional Fogg nor the ...
It is a popular misconception that the phenomenon of a total eclipse of the sun is a rare occurrence. Quite the contrary. Approximately once every 18 months (on average) a total solar eclipse is visible from some place on the Earthâs surface. That's two totalities for every three years.
Therefore, the new moon occurs close to the nodes at two periods of the year approximately six months (173.3 days) apart, known as eclipse seasons, and there will always be at least one solar eclipse during these periods.