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April 7, 2005

Hybrid eclipse of the sun on Friday: Sun to Darken on Day of Pope's Funeral

Although it will be dark in Italy, there will be a rare hybrid eclipse of the sun on Friday, the day of the funeral for Pope John Paul II. Historically, eclipses have been interpreted, in the minds of many, as harbingers of cataclysmic events. Scientists assure us that this eclipse is purely natural and has been predicted for a long time.

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Those who say eclipses herald history-shaping events will find support for their superstition when, on Friday, the Sun will be briefly plunged into darkness on the day of Pope John Paul II's funeral.

Astronomers, though, say the eclipse, while of a rare and intriguing type, was calculated long ago and is simply part of a ballet in celestial physics between the Sun, Earth and Moon.

It will be visible on Friday along an arc ranging from the southwestern Pacific to South America, at a time it will already be night in Rome.

The event will be a rare type called a "hybrid eclipse," expert Fred Espenak says on his website .

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Posted by Hyscience at April 7, 2005 8:28 AM

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