Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991

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Solar eclipse of July 11, 1991
UTC)
(P1) Partial begin16:28:46
(U1) Total begin17:21:41
Greatest eclipse19:07:01
(U4) Total end20:50:28
(P4) Partial end21:43:24
References
Saros136 (36 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9489

A total

apparent diameter
is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Totality began over the
June 13, 2132. This was the largest total solar eclipse of Solar Saros series 136
, because eclipse magnitude was 1.07997.

This eclipse was the most

gamma of -.0041. There will not be a more central eclipse for another 800 years. Its magnitude
was also greater than any eclipse since the 6th century.

Observations

  • Animation of eclipse path
    Animation of eclipse path
  • View near the end of totality, Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
    View near the end of totality,
    Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
  • Partial phase before totality as seen through the cloud cover, Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
    Partial phase before totality as seen through the cloud cover, Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Related eclipses

Eclipses of 1991

Alleged prediction

The American ethnographer and anthropologist Victoria Bricker and her late husband and colleague Harvey Bricker, claim in their book "Astronomy in the Maya Codices" that by decoding pre-Columbian glyphs from the four Maya codices they discovered that pre-16th century Mayan astronomers predicted the solar eclipse of July 11, 1991.[1] In their 2011 volume, the husband-wife Brickers team explain how they translated the dates from the Mayan calendar, then used modern scientific knowledge of planetary orbits to line up the data from the Mayan prediction with our calendar.[2] Reviewers disputed the claim in 2014, concluding that, "loose hieroglyphic readings and accommodating pattern matching occurs throughout the book."[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Solar System, Exploration. "Eclipses". solarsystem.nasa.gov. Nasa. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  2. ^ Kramer, Miriam (January 8, 2013). "Ancient Maya Predicted 1991 Solar Eclipse". Live Science. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  3. JSTOR 10.1086/676751
    . Retrieved 21 April 2024.

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