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Total Lunar Eclipse This Week
dacarr writes "Space.com has informed us that a lunar eclipse will happen on Wednesday evening, 2004-Oct-27. Baseball fans will note that this is the first time a lunar eclipse will have happened during the course of the World Series."
Here is a link to a better article on Space.com with a viewer's guide and timing for each stage of the eclipse (with local timezone info). Good for those of you who care about the eclipse but could give a rat's ass about baseball.
>Furthermore, it will be observable only in
>some parts of Earth.
Isnt the moon viewable from rougly 50% of the earth surface? That, combined with the spin of the earth during the eclipse, would make any lunar eclipse visible from more than 50% of the surface of the earth.
I wouldnt like to be on earth if la Luna is actually eclipsed by another heavenly body.
But I sleep well at night knowing that Bruce Willis would blow the object into pieces long before it would be a threat.
Baseball fans will note that this is the first time a lunar eclipse will have happened during the course of the World Series."
Ah crap, this is going to open up a whole new set of meaningless statistics. I can just see the announcers now.
Well Bob, this should be an interesting match up because Ramirez has never given up a hit in post season play on Tuesday night games against left handed batters during a lunar eclipse.