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it’s also another one in a trillion bit of luck that our moon just happens to form the perfect blot over the sun when it passes in front -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Apr 8 '24, 16:42

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https://twitter.com/Jac5Connor/status/1777410289300033672 (twitter.com)

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I read a novel probably 15 years ago that postulated that if aliens were on earth you'd find them as tourists at eclipses because it's so rare. - mafic Apr 8, 17:16 2
- Couldn’t the aliens just fly their ship to a point in space where one of the moons/planets in their system eclipses their sun? -- nm - Roger More Apr 8, 18:42 1
  - Yeah, that was my thought too, but I could see “the only place it’s naturally occurring!” being a draw. -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 19:27
which is often cited as proof of creation theory. -- nm - loosilu Apr 8, 16:47
And they'll end in ~600 million years as the moon slowly moves away from the Earth. -- nm - Reagen Apr 8, 16:45 2
- Which is often cited in the book Goodbye Moon. -- nm - Qale Apr 8, 16:50
- so I should see one now, before it's too late. -- nm - mafic Apr 8, 16:46

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