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Solar Eclipse Of January 11, 1842
During the 19th century, there were 242 solar eclipses of which 87 were Solar eclipse#Types, partial, 77 were annular, 63 were total and 15 were hybrids between total and annular eclipses. In the 19th century, the greatest number of eclipses in one year is five, in 1805, though the years 1801, 1812, 1819, 1823, 1830, 1841, 1848, 1859, 1870, and 1880 had four eclipses each. Two months, January 1805 and December 1880, featured two solar eclipses, on January 1 and January 30 in 1805 and on December 2 and December 31 in 1880. The predictions given here are by Fred Espenak of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The longest measured duration in which the Moon completely covered the Sun, known as Solar eclipse#Totality, totality, was during the solar eclipse of August 7, 1850. This total solar eclipse had a maximum duration of 6 minutes and 50 seconds. The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. The longest annular solar eclipse of the 19th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion in China, one of the bloodiest revolts that would lead to 20 million deaths. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College (Missouri), Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. * January 23 – The flip of a coin, subsequently named the Portland Penny, determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory will be named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland, Oregon, Portland winning. * January 28 – Northwestern University is founded in Illinois. * February 1 – ''Brandtaucher'', the oldest surviving submersible craft, sinks during acceptance trials in the German port of Kiel, but the designer, Wilhelm Bauer, and the two crew escape successfully. * February 6 – Black Thursday (1851), Black Thursday occurs in Australia as Bushfires in Australia, bushfires sweep across ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
