Which Planet Has the Best Eclipse?
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2024
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Solar eclipses don't just happen here on earth - moons of other planets also pass between those planets and the sun, resulting in various types of solar eclipses on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and even non-planets like Pluto, Eris and various asteroids. So, where are the best eclipses in the solar system? For that, we need a tier list.
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Doesn't seem to work for me (Chrome 122), I just get a black screen. In the console I see the following uncaught exception: "TypeError: Failed to construct 'Observable': Please use the 'new' operator, this DOM object constructor cannot be called as a function."
Henry, is it true that you started doing this to tutor your nephew in physics?
I'm sorry, Callisto is at best A tier because from Jupiter the sun looks just barely bigger than a star.
Looks like something is stacking up against you. Space engines have added their own eclipses.
@@MatthijsvanDuin Same with me, its just all black :(
What a fantastic video. Pandora potato, Amalthea from Saturn is straight up eye of Sauron. May you all have a gap in the clouds on April 8th!
fard balls
Thank you Destin! I hope you have a beautiful gap as well. I’m in Southern Ontario so… maybe.
Won’t make much difference for me unfortunately. Only a tiny slither of the moon will appear over the sun, right as the sun sets. Not worth going out for.
Good luck to everyone in USA, Canada and Mexico though.
I don't think i'm getting much in Alberta, but my entire extended family is in Kingston/Ottawa so they'll get quite a show!
…amalthea’s a moon of jupiter
Great video, will have to rewatch it for when I travel to Saturn
This made me laugh and then I saw your username and really lost it hahaha 😅😅
I too hope to travel to Saturn sometime. Safe travels potato
Stay safe out there. The traffic toward Saturn is going to be really rough when there's an eclipse.
Hope to see you there with me and my alien buddies if you can survive to get here. Martians are pretty reckless UFO'ers so watch out for them, and the space monsters (Bob is the leader of the space monsters and he's pretty stupid)
And I will remember it the next time I travel to Uranus.
Petition to put up a structure, could be thin like foil because it just needs to block light, around Phobos to increase it apparent size and roundness so that it causes S tier total eclipses on the surface of mars.
oh hi cody, this is a disastrous plan and i love it
Hang on, let me call up Randall Munroe.
I got you buddy !.... let me call Tony Stark real quick
destroying the solar system is my thing
even if you did that, Phobos moves so quickly around the sky (its orbital period is only a few hours, versus a month for our moon) that these eclipses would last a matter of seconds, if the angular sizes were closely matched.
Fun fact: the Saturn moons Janus and Epimetheus are coorbital. This means they have very similar orbits. Roughly every four years, the moons will get close to each other and perform a sort of gravitational dance, where they switch orbits. So Janus taking the orbit of Epimetheus and vice versa.
"Mom said i can orbit to her closer this time!"
@@scythizal4 years later "Mom said now it's my turn!"
64 million years later: They get into a huge argument and either crash or sling themselves out
THATS SO COOL???
This eclipses any other video on eclipses, in my opinion.
Totally
Totality
Totalalality
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Regarding eclipses from Jupiter's moons on other moons: We have cool images of Io's shadow on Ganymede taken from earth.
Really appreciate you taking the time to include a disclaimer about wearing eclipse glasses when viewing from Uranus. 5:52Safety first
nah the solar glasses are to dim the sun enough so it's glare does not wash away the eclipse
can somebody help?i took off my spacesuit helmet to put on eclipse glasses and immediately froze to death.
Didn't take enough time, dude talks way to fast... C tier
"Potato solar eclipse on Saturn" is a phrase I never knew I needed, until now.
So excited to see an S-tier eclipse on Monday! It's amazing what a bizarre coincidence it is that the relative sizes of the moon and the sun are basically the same
Indeed - and it is even a coincidence in time: the moon used to be nearer to earth, and will migrate further out still. The end of total eclipses isn’t that far away, astronomical speaking, if I remember correctly.
It makes more sense to me that our solar eclipses were planned, rather than being a bizarre coincidence.
@yagwaw not only that, but the sun, too, is slowly expanding in size.
like not only does the planet have all the right conditions to support life, it still has a little extra treat for us. very lucky!
if only earth and humanity weren’t trying to kill each other! if extraterrestrial civilizations do exist, once we make contact with them i wouldn’t be surprised if earth becomes like an interplanetary tourist hotspot if we decide to be friendly
very few planets that we know of have such diverse and awe-inspiring natural phenomena; i’m sure a non-terran would find places like iceland just as cool as we do
Last night on a talk show Neil Degrasse Tyson said "Earth has the best solar eclipses hands down"
NDT assuming about things he does not know about, sounds pretty normal to me.
@@earthling_parthyes the guy who has a PhD in astrophysics has no clue what he's talking about, of course
@@earthling_parthHm? It’s not like this video disagrees with him. Even if you assume you can somehow fly around in Saturn’s upper atmosphere, Minute Earth still rated ours higher. If you only include places you can stand, Earth is further above the pack
@@yatokami2449 I am pointing out his ideas around diet, nutrition, and other areas where he tries to be the 'expert'. But yes, as the video shows there are other solar eclipses that are as good as or even slightly better than Earth, which he obviously didn't think about but still self-proclaimed Earth had the "BEST" eclipses smh.
@@snuffysam He did Earth first, that's why it's in front of the pack. I don't think he explicitly said Earth is better than other eclipses in S tier. He might have that opinion but that was not said outright.
So ours is the best. How convenient.
I’ve always thought that would be a fun reason for sci fi to have aliens visit. They all come to earth to see the eclipse.
it really is
This is the miss universe all over again
That's why we chose to evolve here /j
Are you insinuating that he’s biased because he’s from here?
Naughty, 5:25, you made Neptune Dark Blue. We've moved on from that.
7:55 I ran the numbers for Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto a few years ago. The apparent sizes vary wildly depending on where the moons are in their respective orbits, but the apparent diameter ranges for Io and Europa do overlap with the apparent diameter of the Sun, when observed from either Ganymede or Callisto. So perfectly aligned total solar eclipses - where the photosphere is blocked but not the corona - are possible, but I have no idea of how frequent they would be.
Another consideration for those S-tier eclipses on outer planets is that they're all caused by moons in very rapid orbits (typically about a day or less). They move incredibly rapidly across the sky, so any eclipses they cause (particularly with a size match to the sun close enough that much of the corona is visible) will be incredibly quick - on the order of several seconds (if even that much). They're also not round so you're a lot less likely to see effects such as Baily's Beads or a prominent diamond ring effect. Solar eclipses from the earth are truly unique.
Also they're so far away, the sun is tiny. The ring eclipse sounds really cool tho
Are there occasions where two solar eclipses happen simultaneously from the same viewpoint. So two objects cover the sun?
yes
did you watch the vid?
The picture at 7:42 is already demonstrating that effect (although you could argue it is cheating because the spacecraft travelled to an engineered location in space to see that.)
@@pulverizedpeanutsI did (watch the vid) - seems I missed that too - could you kindly point out the time stamp?
@@EneriGiilaan7.43
@@EneriGiilaan 7:42
0:46 wow, that 2d to 3d effect was very cool. also seeing your face at the end!
I was hoping Moon (from Earth) would be C tier or something and that there would be even cooler ones we didn't know about, but at the same time we're so lucky to get to see one of the top tier eclispes here on Earth!
What a crazy work to pull all of this together! Thank you so much!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Now this is what I want to wake up to in the morning! Great vid! :)
I am LIVING for these HEAT / minutephysics eclipse videos, I can finally show people why the heck I love eclipses so much
This is the most convincing thing I’ve seen to persuade me to try to see the eclipse
Did you end up seeing it?
@@tubulartaryn
They really missed something grand if they didn't
@@tubulartaryn 100% clouds and rain in Texas
Guess it wasn’t meant to be
@@grassfolkDallas and south of Paris had a break in the clouds during totality. We were lucky. We were able to see most of the beginning partial, and then everything past that.
This Eclipse series was great!!!!!
Great video idea, thanks for exploring this topic! Would be amazing to see an eclipse from another planet
This video is really really satisfyingly good! Thank you!
That list is awesome!
I think a good followup would be looking at just moons with atmospheres as eclipse recipients. There are, what, 10 of them?
The only two moons that have atmospheres big enough that you could actually see features in their skies, such as the atmosphere itself and weather, are Titan and Triton. So no, only two moons not ten, unfortunately.
It would be interesting to see what an eclipse on Titan would be. Would it get eclipsed by other moons?
Eclipses by other moons are probably very rare, but might be cool, while eclipses by their respective planets are 100% nighttime, as both Jupiter and Saturn are huge in the sky. The start and end of the eclipse might be interesting tho, depending on how the sunlight gets diffused by the atmosphere. Lastly, Titan might actually get some great eclipses from Saturn's rings.
The haze in Pluto's thin atmosphere actually looked pretty visually interesting in the New Horizons photos, would that not be visible to the human eye on the horizons?
You would get that effect on Charon when Pluto eclipses the sun, so it should be B tier viewed from there as it would look really cool.
Haven’t seen a video of yours in a while. Happy to see you’re doing well.
Those two pics of Saturn's rings at 5:08 are some of the best probe images ever. See that pale blue dot? Yep, that's us.
Bit of a step up from Carl Sagan's pale blue dot photo from Voyager. Edit: I recommend anyone who likes them to look them up on NASA's website to get the full detail. CZcams's video compression definitely makes them lose a lot of detail.
I was just thinking about this the other day great content!!
Super video! Thanks!
might be the only tier list that I agree with
Your channel is educational! 😎👍
Bro is talking in 2x speed, good vid though
We watched the eclipse from Tupper Lake, NY! It was stunning! Thank you to all the wonderful guests to our town of Tupper Lake over the past few days. I am so glad the clouds moved and we were all able to view the Eclipse Totality. It was a stunning site to behold. I & many others were able to get fabulous pictures & videos of the event. If you are interested in our town, check out my waterfront property at 131 Lake Simond Road, Tupper Lake, NY. Escape the city. Come up to live in peace, view the sun, the stars & the moon! Experience & enjoy nature's splendor. I hope you all have safe journeys home. Wishing You Blessings & Wonderful Adirondack Memories
Your animations look really cool
Thanks for sharing, those are really amazing, especially the potato shaved moons. Where I lived, we had around 90 to 95% totality. And even though it was cloudy, it was still really awesome. Especially because it was close enough that we saw that sunrise effect over much of the sky. Much different than just a mere thunderstorm, with dark clouds. Overhead like what it felt like when it got dark in 2017 and we had about 80%.
Thanks, great video Henry! Could you maybe make a video explaining the sunrise color pattern? During an eclipse and regular sunrise. I have been wondering about that for a while, but never found an explanation anywhere.
Pluto actually does have an atmosphere! It is mostly nitrogen so it is a similar color to earth’s. It’s atmosphere can reach up to 200 km above the surface, but the maximum height seems to vary. Also, the atmosphere is dense enough to be visible, but not nearly dense enough to block your view of the stars, it’s more of a light blue haze.
Amazing analysis on eclipses this video is S tier
Excellent video!
I witnessed the total solar eclipse in 2017 and saw the 360° sunrise. But I had never heard this mentioned before and until this video, never had a term to describe what I had seen. Thanks!
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Nice presentation and music choice.
That was some top notch research.
6:36 but pluto has a atmosphere made of mostly nitrogen
I wanted to say that
Great video, thanks! I was fortunate to see the total solar eclipse last week - absolutely incredible! 🌞🌚🌎
I saw the total eclipse yesterday, it was phenomenal. Never seen anything like it. Words can't even begin to describe it
Props to the camera man for recording every solar eclipse on all the other planets
What's crazy to me is that even though from Uranus and Neptune the Sun looks like just another star, it still lights them up to the level of an overcast day here on Earth.
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It would be so cool to see a lunar eclipse from the moon
I had been wondering if there were any other planet/Moon systems that could have total eclipses. Good to know that there are.Nifty
Dude, great memories of you, I used to watch your videos a lot...
especially the one with Math🤓
Thanks for the Eclipse Explorer app ! It's magical ! I'm in love with Saturn-Dione Eclipse 😄
(the world need a VR version of this app 🤯)
Fascinating 🎉❤
I'm not going to be intense in my criticism because you did all the maths, but Luna (Earth's moon) and Pluto do have atmospheres, but they are negligible. Great video! 🙂
The greatest video I didn't know I needed
This was super interesting and fun!
Out of curiosity: you included Pluto, but not any of the other dwarf planets. Any reason? My daughter is really into dwarf planets (specifically Make Make) and I'd be interested to know if any of those would experience interesting or unusual eclipses (especially those in the astroid belt, though I imagine that would be hard to research)
He briefly covered Eris, which is a dwarf planet, but concluded that Eris' eclipses are boring.
Will keep this as a guide when I leave for my space trip!
ps: good to know, we are already in S-tire! but will prioritize other S-tires too during my trip!
4:35 dude that looks so tight lmao would travel to saturn just to see that fr💯💯
Beautiful!
Outstanding.
I thought my playback speed is defaulted to 1.5 by the way he talked. Nice way to shorten the video.
Great vid. Watching from Saturn... 😅
Correction! Pluto had a seasonal, nitrogen rich atmosphere, albeit rather thin - and we have pics from New Horizons craft showing this atmosphere in visible light as pluto eclipsed the sun - its a similar shade of blue to earths sky, and we would probably see similar yet feinter effects of the sunrise glow ^^ idk if that's enough to push styx and kerberos up to c tier? 😅
Outstanding🎉
Simulations of how eclipse might look from another planet. Damn. As an amateur astronomer in the 90's, I remember when "map of galaxy/universe" came out on 150 CD's. And now one can somewhat accurately simulate how eclipses look on another planet. I do want to watch that, since I was born too early to visit another planets.
Try out space engine, you can explore the whole observable universe and known objects
4:33 Amalthea eclipses are probably the best, looks like cat eye to me, pretty awesome
I know, right? pspsps tier!
Omuamua, a extrasolar...?: 😐
I'd've been interested to hear about eclipses seen from moons with atmospheres though
How would you rank eclipses by minor planet rings (Haumea, Chariklo), and on the one moon that has an atmosphere (on Titan, by Saturn's other moons)?
I’m so happy that I got to see the total eclipse this year will definitely look where I need to go for the next solar eclipse
you teach me alot of space.
6:24 it can be argued that Charon is a dwarf planet too in a binary system with Pluto
That's a good background song!
I would put only the Earth’s and Saturn’s rings in S tier. Our round eclipse allows us to see not only the corona but solar prominences, as well. One was visible with the naked eye with this last one.
Taking notes of this when we finally have a Space Trip organization
Never thought about this
Interesting!
The eclipses taking place far enough out that the sun appears point-like, would those planets even have a noticeable "night" phase, or would it be about the same effect as their moons passing in front of any of the other myriad stars in the sky?
During dawn or dusk there are moments when it's comparable to high noon on pluto known as "pluto time" NASA has a calculator if you want to check yourself
Callisto was done dirty lol. Other than that, great video.
I wonder about eclipses on other Earth-like planets in other solar systems…
Anyway, great video!
7:44 needs eclipses from the various moons to be a sequel video.
one of those videos I'll rewatch every 2 years
All I know is that I was able to travel to northern VT on Monday and witness a few mins of totality under clear skies, which is insane considering how the weather usually is in New England this time of year. To have been waiting for this for 7 years+, and take my wife and 4 year old daughter, who wasn't even conceived of yet when I first planned on going, was amazing for the lack of a better word. The icing on the cake was getting a couple great shots of not only the corona, but the solar flares around the sun at the time with my wife's canon 5DmkIV with 75-200mm f2.8L lens @ 200mm. It all feels like a "fairy tale" story in how it all worked out. I just hope my daughter remembers it... she's been talking about it ever since… She seems to think it will be something we can see all the time because she was so young seeing her first eclipse 😂 I'll never forget the moment that last sliver of sun vanished, and we first saw totality... my daughter immediately yelled out after we told her she could take her glasses off "daddy! The sun is black, with a big glowing ring around it!" Absolutely a once in a lifetime experience. Worth fighting all the traffic for sure!
S-tier video!
I am very interested in the equations involved, anywhere i can read up further on that?
i have a suggestion for the eclipse explorer and the suggestion is x offset and y offset its for partial eclipses
love it
I'm so excited. The 2017 eclipse was such a great day. I keep gushing to friends about how cool this is, I must sound like a fanatic.
You look like space chip especially with the theme but great vid
I just drove from Denver to Illinois to see it and it was truly incredible. The four minutes of total eclipse was worth the 40 hours in the car lol
Great video, But sad it wasn't suggested to me
Out by Neptune, “solar glasses” might just be fairly tinted sunglasses
This question I've never thought of before occurred to me when you were talking about how bad the eclipses were on the distant planets where the sun is tiny: why *are* the planets where they are (relative to the sun of course)? why do they go from smaller to bigger? why rocky in the inner solar system and gaseous in the outer? I'm sure this is all understood but I don't think I've ever heard it explained.
the solar system formed from a could of gas and dust, as the sun formed all the light gas was blown outwards by solar winds and the big gas planets were formed, while the inner planets consisting mostly of little amounts of dense dust stayed closer
@@linecraftman3907 thank you, that makes perfect sense to me
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we'll moon eclipses with other moons sound like a lot of work. but then you can just show the moons that have atmospheres because we might have missed some a tiers
Idea for next vid: Explain where idea of "S-tier" came from and why it's a such bad idea. 🙂