is turkey witness to 95% of solar eclipses.
2006-08-07 23:28:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I dont think the odds are quite that high.
I'd put them down, say, at 30 percent, and it all depends on what part of turkey you're in.
Example, in Istanbul, you might see a total, while in the far eastern section, you'll only get a partial eclipse.
I've seen two in my day, one at age 5, and one not too long ago....of course, that one was a rip off....it was cloudy.
2006-08-07 23:34:43 · answer #1 · answered by steveraven 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
In general, the moon stays mainly on the ecliptic (or close to it). The ecliptic is the plane of the solar system, the disc in which most of the the planets maintain thier orbits (or close to it). It got it's name because it was the region of the sky where most of the eclipses (both solar and lunar) occurred.
The ecliptic is not directly over the earth's equator and therefore, not all eclipses will be seen from the equator. Nevertheless, the ecliptic is about half above and half below the equator and statistically speaking, you will have a greater chance of seeing one from down there.
As for Turkey witnessing 95% of all solar eclipses, I seriously doubt that. The earth rotates under the ecliptic, and any other city within the same latitude as Turkey has the exact same chance to see an eclipse as Turkey does.
2006-08-15 09:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by sparc77 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Winton that the turkey distibution is unknown, and that they are a great food source. But as all birds and most animals during totality they go to sleep so they do not see the eclipse. I have seen, total and partial, at least four maybe five. 2 from new england, 2 from maryland and at least one from florida. Do a solar eclipse on Google and check it out.
2006-08-15 22:28:06 · answer #3 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure as to the exact global distribution of turkeys, but as a food source they are quite common. So the likelyhood of turkeys seeing most solar eclipses are pretty high.
: )
2006-08-15 17:45:08 · answer #4 · answered by winton_holt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a good primer on solar eclipses in general (and lots of neat pictures of eclipses) see
http://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html
Turkey had a nice view of a total solar eclipse back in March
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/TSE2006/TSE2006.html
But Turkey won't get another total solar eclipse for a while
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2001.GIF
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2021.GIF
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2041.GIF
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEatlas/SEatlas3/SEatlas2061.GIF
2006-08-08 20:12:35 · answer #5 · answered by kris 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The closer to equater, the better your chances, but not 95%...Get real.
2006-08-12 18:42:20 · answer #6 · answered by Faulk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure.
2006-08-15 21:22:16 · answer #7 · answered by definitivamente06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say NO, but i culd have misunderstood NASA....
2006-08-15 12:51:51 · answer #8 · answered by juicy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋