Ancient People Who Knew the Saros Cycle Could

question 26

Multiple Choice

Ancient people who knew the saros cycle could

• A) completely predict every lunar eclipse.
• B) completely predict every solar eclipse.
• C) predict what type of eclipse would occur.
• D) predict when they'd see the next total solar eclipse in their area.
• E) predict when an eclipse would happen, but not necessarily what type and where it would be visible.

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