03-04-2024 15:19 via kxan.com

Solar eclipse path may have shrunk; how it impacts you

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- If you plan to see the eclipse on April 8 from your backyard, you may now need to adjust plans. A new report published this week on eclipse blog Besselian Elements shows the path may have moved north in some areas and become more narrow.First reported by Forbes.com, the team of amateur astronomers came to their conclusion after making adjustments that account of the topography of the Moon and Earth's surface. The lack of exact measurements of the Sun's diameter were also to blam
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