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Sun-Earth Day Presents: Eclipse, In a Different Light

IMPORTANT SUN-EARTH CONNECTION DATES

A list of dates with celestial and NASA events related to Sun-Earth Connection, 2005-2006.

  • Fall Equinox, equal hours of daylight and night – September 22, 2005
  • Annular Solar Eclipse – October 3, 2005
  • Winter Solstice, least hours of daylight - December 21, 2005
  • NASA Mission Launch: SpaceTech 5 – February 28, 2006
  • Spring Equinox, equal hours of daylight and night – March 20, 2006
  • Total Solar Eclipse – March 29, 2006
  • Summer Solstice, most hours of daylight – June 21, 2006
  • NASA Mission Launch: STEREO – July 22, 2006
  • Fall Equinox, equal hours of daylight and night – September 22, 2006
  • Annular Solar Eclipse – September 22, 2006
  • NASA Mission Launch: AIM - September 29, 2006
  • NASA Mission Launch: THEMIS – October 19, 2006
  • Winter Solstice, least hours of daylight – December 21, 2006
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Eclipse Fact

Every eclipse begins at sunrise at some point in its track and ends at sunset about half way around the world from the start point.

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