Solar eclipse of May 12th, 361 BC Chr.
| Solar eclipse of May 12th, 361 BC Chr. | |
|---|---|
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| classification | |
| Type | Ring-shaped |
| area |
South America , Southern Europe Annular: Ecuador , Colombia , Venezuela , Portugal , Spain , Sardinia , Sicily , Crete |
| Saros cycle | 61 (35 of 72) |
| Gamma value | 0.2177 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| Duration | 3 minutes 52 seconds |
| place | Atlantic |
| location | 28 ° 36 ' N , 48 ° 42' E |
| size | 0.9636 |
The solar eclipse of May 12th, 361 BC. BC was an annular solar eclipse that was visible in northern South America and the Mediterranean .
description
The central shadow area began in the Pacific , crossed today's states of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela and then the Atlantic, passed through the Iberian Peninsula , crossed the Balearic Islands , Sardinia , Sicily and Crete and finally ended in the Mediterranean .
(As usual in astronomy, the given NASA source calculates a certain number of years from our time and comes to the year -360. As the non-historical year 0 is included in it, the historical date 361 BC belongs to it. This also explains the year of the sketch in the adjacent table overview.)
Historical remarks
Plutarch reports that the Eudoxos disciple Helikon of Kyzikos predicted this solar eclipse. This is in addition to the solar eclipse predicted by Thales von Milet on May 28, 585 BC. Chr. The second known, successfully predicted eclipse.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Solar eclipse of May 12th, 361 BC. Chr. ( English ) NASA
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Waschkies : Physics and Physikotheologie des Junge Kant , Verlag BR Grüner 1987, ISBN 90-6032-273-4 (wrong), footnote on page 212