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Solar Eclipse: Why It Matters to Americans and Scientists
Why is this solar eclipse important to Americans and scientists?
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How rare this event is can be seen from the fact that this century, only three countries, the United States, Canada, and Mexico, have been able to see this total solar eclipse.
The Moon is 400 times closer to the Earth than the Sun, but the Moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun. Because of this, when the Moon comes to a point in a straight line between the Sun and the Earth, it covers the Sun and we see an eclipse.
As for the solar eclipse, sometimes it is visible and sometimes it is not. This solar eclipse is important. Because the event can be seen by millions of people. An estimated 31 lakh people will be able to see the eclipse.
NC in North Carolina, USA. State University will study the effect on wildlife during the eclipse. In this study, the behavior of 20 animals at the Texas State Zoo will be examined.
NASA’s Eclipse Soundscapes project also plans to study animal behavior.
The project also involves installing small equipment such as microphones to record the sounds and effects of the animals in the total darkness caused by the eclipse.
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What is NASA going to do?
Three research rockets will launch from the ecliptic region from NASA’s Wallops Base in Virginia, USA.
Aroh Parjatya of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is leading the experiment. The rocket will record changes in the atmosphere during a solar eclipse.
All three rockets will travel to an altitude of 420 kilometers above the Earth and then fall back to Earth. The first rocket will be launched 45 minutes before the eclipse, the second rocket during the eclipse and the third rocket 45 minutes after the eclipse.
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A NASA plane takes pictures of the solar eclipse
NASA’s high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft will photograph the eclipse from 50,000 feet. Many equipments are also installed in these planes.
Also, the Eclipse Balloon project will be implemented to record the atmospheric and climatic changes during the eclipse.
About 600 balloons will be released into the atmosphere. Capable of flying up to 35 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, various instruments on these balloons will record the effects of the eclipse.
In addition, astronauts aboard the Parker Solar Probe, the European Space Agency and NASA’s Solar Orbiter and the International Space Station will also study the impact of the eclipse.
More than ten million people are expected to gather near Niagara Falls in Canada to witness the solar eclipse.