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$\begingroup$ I agree that a solar eclipse is likely to be the way to go, but I don't know where to find information about solar eclipses which happened around 10,000 years ago. $\endgroup$

Sophie Swett
– Sophie Swett

2018-12-20 20:53:18 +00:00
Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 20:53
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$\begingroup$ Virtually every solar eclipse is paired with a lunar eclipse two weeks earlier or later, and two lunar eclipses a year is normal. $\endgroup$

Mark
– Mark

2018-12-20 22:51:05 +00:00
Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 22:51
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$\begingroup$ "it's not like any of your readers will sit down to do the computations." - Not true at all. Someone will, and it's likely that they will post it all over TVTropes as another example of lazy writers making "science" up as they go along. $\endgroup$

Robert Columbia
– Robert Columbia

2018-12-23 03:50:44 +00:00
Commented Dec 23, 2018 at 3:50

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