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  2. Solar eclipse - Wikipedia

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    An eclipse is a natural phenomenon. In some ancient and modern cultures, solar eclipses were attributed to supernatural causes or regarded as bad omens. Astronomers' predictions of eclipses began in China as early as the 4th century BC; eclipses hundreds of years into the future may now be predicted with high accuracy.

  3. Eclipse - Wikipedia

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    An eclipse is an astronomical event which occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three celestial objects is known as a syzygy. [1]

  4. Eclipse cycle - Wikipedia

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    A symbolic orbital diagram from the view of the Earth at the center, showing the Moon's two nodes where eclipses can occur. Up to three eclipses may occur during an eclipse season, a one- or two-month period that happens twice a year, around the time when the Sun is near the nodes of the Moon's orbit. An eclipse does not occur every month ...

  5. EclipseLink - Wikipedia

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    EclipseLink is the open source Eclipse Persistence Services Project from the Eclipse Foundation. The software provides an extensible framework that allows Java developers to interact with various data services, including databases, web services, Object XML mapping (OXM), and enterprise information systems (EIS). EclipseLink supports a number of ...

  6. Lunar eclipse - Wikipedia

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    Lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. [1] Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth's orbit .

  7. Eclipse Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The Eclipse Foundation AISBL is an independent, Europe-based not-for-profit corporation that acts as a steward of the Eclipse open source software development community, with legal jurisdiction in the European Union. [1] It is an organization supported by over 350 members, and represents the world's largest sponsored collection of Open Source ...

  8. List of Eclipse-based software - Wikipedia

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    Appcelerator, a cross platform mobile development tool by Axway Appcelerator. Aptana, Web IDE based on Eclipse. Avaya Dialog Designer, a commercial IDE to build scripts for voice self-service applications. Bioclipse, a visual platform for chemo- and bioinformatics. BIRT Project, open source software project that provides reporting and business ...

  9. July 2018 lunar eclipse - Wikipedia

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    July 2018 lunar eclipse. A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node on 27 July 2018. The Moon passed through the center of Earth's shadow in what was the first central lunar eclipse since 15 June 2011. It was also the second total lunar eclipse in 2018, after the one on 31 January. It was the longest total lunar eclipse of the ...