NASA recalculated the path of the total eclipse today. There are places that will remain unseen

The eclipse that will cross North America today has aroused tremendous interest among curious people and scientists. Hundreds of thousands of people these days have traveled to the strip of land that will today experience “night into daylight,” the College Road.

Some may be disappointed.

Re-edit. NASA is one of the institutions that closely follows this astronomical event. As a result of this observation, he modified his calculations on the so-called college path.

These new calculations have drawn a somewhat narrower overall path than maps usually show, The American network explained CNN Quoted from NASA itself. Of course, in practice, this is a difference that is barely noticeable.

“Calculations that use a slightly larger radius of the Sun's region generate a slightly narrower eclipse path,” NASA spokeswoman Karen Fox explained to the North American Network. “The difference will only affect cities at the corner of the path of totality, where general predictions are difficult anyway; a few city blocks may take 20, 10, or none of a second of totality.”

The path of totalitarianism. The path of the total eclipse is the area from which the eclipse can be seen as a total eclipse, that is, the area that will remain in the shadow, in the shadow of the moon. For today's solar eclipse, this band extends from the central Pacific Ocean to the North Atlantic Ocean.

Calculating this path requires variables that can only be estimated, such as the position and size of the sun and moon. Although we know this data very precisely, our estimates always have a margin of error.

a Error range Which could translate, as in this case, to people who thought they were inside the “borders” and then turned outside. As Fox explained, moving a few meters might solve the problem.

place and time. This change is unlikely to derail the plans of many. The reason is that the duration of the eclipse also varies. In the border region of the path of totality the eclipse is shorter, so it is not a particularly interesting area for those who want to enjoy the eclipse.

Tourism eclipse. This eclipse has generated great interest in North America. An example of this is the saturation of accommodation in the overall track area.

A massive influx is expected at some points, such as Kerr County, where NASA itself has organized an eclipse-related event, the Kerrville Eclipse Festival; Or in Niagara Falls, where a wave of tourists is also expected, prompting these places to declare a state of emergency due to the possibility of saturation of their public services.

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