Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[32], Aug 11, 2017 [ C - C- C ]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[32], Aug 11, 2017 [ C - C- C ]
Tonight's Topic: TSE 2017 -- Part 1
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    As many of you living in North America may know, a spectactular celestrial event will occur on Monday, August 21, 2017.
    This event is a Solar Eclipse which can be seen "totally" (moon covers sun 100%) or a least partially (moon covers sun < 100%) across North America.
    Accordingly, we offer for your approval, 3 questions about the upcoming TSE 2017 (Part 1)?
    Please choose your answers from any of the 3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each of the following question.   
    Good Luck and remember, YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!  
    OK, put on your smoke-mask, and venture outside....
           
++ TSE 2017 -- Part 1 ++
Question #1: The last time (year) a total solar eclipse spanned the contiguous (the lower 48) United States was in what year?
        A. 1865, or
        B. 1899, or
        C. 1918.

The last time a total solar eclipse spanned the contiguous United States was in 1918.
The path of totality entered the U.S. through the southwest corner of Washington state and passed over Denver, Jackson (Mississippi) and Orlando before exiting the country at the Atlantic coast of Florida.
    [SOURCE: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Map and Shapefiles ]

           
Question #2: How many U.S. states will the Path of Totality pass through on August 21?
        A. 9, or
        B. 10, or
        C. 14.

The path of totality passes through 14 states during the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017.
    [SOURCE: 2017 Eclipse State Maps]

           
Question #3: Those eclipse viewers outside the path of totality will only witness a fraction of the sun's area covered by the moon. What's the technical term for this?
        A. Partial Path of Totality, or
        B. Partial Path of non-Totality or
        C. Obscuration.

This map of the United States shows the path of the Moon's umbral shadow — the path of totality — during the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, as well as the obscuration (the fraction of the Sun's area covered by the Moon) in places outside the umbral path.
    [SOURCE: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Map and Shapefiles ]

               
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++ INTERACTIVE MAP OF THE DAY ++

NASA - Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 Aug 21
    [Source]

               
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Please include you name, Callsign, and those correct answers.
Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
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Next Week: TSE 2017 -- Part 2
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Thank you!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
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