Ring solar eclipse differs from a total solar eclipse. At GMC, more closer the positions of the sun so that the diameter of the moon appears smaller than during a total solar eclipse.
"At GMC, the sun is not completely closed the month, the moon looks smaller than the ball the sun so that when the eclipse views will form a circular ring of fire," said Hasan Arif, staff Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) Gorontalo, Thursday (10 / 3/2016).
This ring solar eclipse will resemble a burning ring of fire in the sky. Nature is not as dark as a total solar eclipse.
Burning ring forms in this space will be a unique natural phenomenon. It is estimated that, of the three provinces that diilintasi GMC will be more visited by tourists and scientists.
Meanwhile, a total solar eclipse (GMT) will again across Indonesia on 20 April 2023.
Bandung.merdeka.com
- Genesis rare total solar eclipse (GMT) will take place in Indonesia
on March 9, 2016. The eclipse predicted would happen in 10 provinces and
a number of tourist sites mainstay in Indonesia. Trails
GMT it stems from Palembang (South Sumatra), Bangka Belitung (Babel),
Sampit (Central Kalimantan), Palangkaraya (Central Kalimantan),
Balikpapan (East Kalimantan), Palu, Poso, Luwuk (Central Sulawesi),
Ternate to Halmahera (Moluccas North).GMT in 10 provinces will be held for 4 minutes 9 seconds. "Luwuk be an area crossed by the eclipse with the longest duration, about 2 minutes 50 seconds, at 8:41 pm," said the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (LAPAN) Thomas Jamaladin, as quoted from the site LAPAN, Tuesday (05/01).
Observe a solar eclipse, Thomas explains, requires a certain way to be safe. Thomas advised to use sun glasses are coated with a special solar filter. This is to prevent damage to the eye when observed directly without the help of tools.
Thomas continues, the Sumatra region will experience a solar eclipse about two minutes, occurred at 7:20 pm; Borneo for 2.5 minutes, at 07.30 am or 8:30 pm; Sulawesi for three minutes at 8:40 pm; North Maluku for 3.5 minutes 09:54 CEST. While Jakarta suffered only partial solar eclipse in the morning.
The total width of the trail GMT on earth along 155 kilometers. In addition, a number of other areas in Indonesia can also see a partial solar eclipse, including; Kota Padang, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Pontianak, Denpasar, Banjarmasin, Makassar, Kupang, Manado and Ambon. In Jakarta, the partial solar eclipse occurs starting at 6:19 pm.
GMT will again take place at the same place within a period of 350 years. Previously, Indonesia had once crossed GMT on June 11, 1983 with a coverage area different from GMT 2016. "Among the 20 incident solar eclipse that occurred between 2001 and 2020, there is only one total solar eclipse and a second ring solar eclipse was observed in Indonesia," said Thomas.
