[ELI5] How do we predict solar and lunar eclipse?
In: Mathematics
Because we know the speeds at which the sun, earth, and moon travel through space. We know the current location, and also the path that they take. From there it’s just math.
It’s basically the stereotypical math question “If two trains are 100 miles apart, one is heading south at 50mph and the other is heading north at 50mph, how long will it take them to collide?”
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