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MinutePhysics

Season 2024 2024

  • 2024-03-21T13:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 3m
  • 9m (3 episodes)
  • United States
  • Documentary
Simply put: cool physics and other sweet science. Trying to get people excited about learnin'. Created by Henry Reich

3 episodes

Season Premiere

2024-03-21T13:00:00Z

2024x01 Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month?

Season Premiere

2024x01 Why Aren't There Eclipses Every Month?

  • 2024-03-21T13:00:00Z3m

The moon orbits the earth once per month, which means the moon is on the sun side of the earth every month. So... "why aren't there eclipses every month?" is a question we will answer in this video!

The sun rises in the east, the moon rises in the east, and the stars rise in the east... but solar eclipses, oddly, come from the west. If total eclipses are caused by the sun and the moon, why don't they behave like the sun and the moon?

Solar eclipses don't just happen here on earth - moons of other planets also pass between those planets and the sun, resulting in various types of solar eclipses on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and even non-planets like Pluto, Eris and various asteroids. So, where are the best eclipses in the solar system? For that, we need a tier list.

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