Eclipsis
But above all, they are one of the most spectacular and beautiful phenomena that can be witnessed and have been used to carry out scientific experiments, such as the verification of the General Theory of Relativity of 1919.
For this reason, AstroXperiences prepares specific trips to attend and observe this wonder of Nature, accompanied by experts, as well as specialized training to understand this phenomenon.
Eclipses are produced by alignments between the Sun, which acts as a light projector, with the Moon and Earth, opaque bodies that intercept sunlight.
They happen due to an extraordinary circumstance: from our planet, the Moon and the Sun are seen to be the same size.
As the Moon’s orbit plan is inclined in relation to the ecliptic (plane of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun), eclipses only occur when the Moon is in the same plane of the ecliptic, at an intersection point called node.
Therefore, in one year, there will be two orbital configurations favorable for the production of eclipses, called eclipse seasons. The rest of the year there will be no eclipses.
On other planets of the solar system such as Jupiter and Saturn, eclipses with the moons also occur, but due to the distance from the Sun they do not have the spectacularity of terrestrial eclipses.
