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"Ring of Fire" Solar Eclipse Millennium's Longest PDF Print E-Mail
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Monday, 18 January 2010

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NASA: Duration Would Not Be Exceeded Until December 23, 3043

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - The longest, ring-like solar eclipse of the millennium started on Friday, with astronomers saying the Maldives was the best place to view the phenomenon that will not happen again for over 1,000 years.

U.S. space agency NASA said on its website the eclipse was annular, meaning the moon will block most of the sun's middle, but not its edges, causing it to look like a ring.This blockage will last for 11 minutes, 8 seconds, an annual duration NASA said would not be exceeded until December 23, 3043.

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