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Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26

Table 23 - Solar Eclipses of Saros Series 130

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 First Eclipse:   1096 Aug 20          Duration of Series:   1298.2 yrs.
 Last Eclipse:    2394 Oct 25           Number of Eclipses:     73

 Saros Summary:    30 Partial     0 Annular     0 Ann/Tot    43 Total

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           Eclipse        Mag.
     Date    Type Gamma  

 1096 Aug 20  Pb -1.510  0.075
 1114 Sep  1  P  -1.452  0.178
 1132 Sep 11  P  -1.400  0.270
 1150 Sep 22  P  -1.356  0.348
 1168 Oct  3  P  -1.319  0.414
 1186 Oct 14  P  -1.288  0.468
 1204 Oct 24  P  -1.264  0.511
 1222 Nov  5  P  -1.246  0.542
 1240 Nov 15  P  -1.233  0.566
 1258 Nov 26  P  -1.223  0.584

 1276 Dec  7  P  -1.215  0.598
 1294 Dec 18  P  -1.210  0.608
 1312 Dec 28  P  -1.203  0.621
 1331 Jan  9  P  -1.195  0.635
 1349 Jan 19  P  -1.184  0.656
 1367 Jan 30  P  -1.170  0.682
 1385 Feb 10  P  -1.149  0.721
 1403 Feb 21  P  -1.125  0.767
 1421 Mar  3  P  -1.093  0.827
 1439 Mar 15  P  -1.055  0.899

 1457 Mar 25  P  -1.010  0.985

           Eclipse        Path  Center
     Date    Type Gamma  Width  Durat.

 1475 Apr  5  T  -0.960    383  02m08s
 1493 Apr 16  T  -0.904    307  03m00s
 1511 Apr 27  T  -0.842    285  03m50s
 1529 May  7  T  -0.776    276  04m38s
 1547 May 19  T  -0.706    270  05m22s
 1565 May 29  T  -0.633    266  05m57s
 1583 Jun 19  T  -0.558    262  06m23s
 1601 Jun 30  T  -0.482    259  06m37s
 1619 Jul 11  T  -0.408    255  06m41s
 1637 Jul 21  T  -0.333    251  06m37s

 1655 Aug  2  T  -0.262    246  06m28s
 1673 Aug 12  T  -0.194    242  06m15s
 1691 Aug 23  T  -0.132    236  06m01s
 1709 Sep  4  T  -0.072    229  05m47s
 1727 Sep 15  T  -0.020    222  05m33s
 1745 Sep 25  Tm  0.027    214  05m21s
 1763 Oct  7  T   0.067    206  05m09s
 1781 Oct 17  T   0.101    197  04m59s
 1799 Oct 28  T   0.128    188  04m50s
 1817 Nov  9  T   0.149    179  04m42s

 1835 Nov 20  T   0.165    171  04m35s
 1853 Nov 30  T   0.177    164  04m28s
 1871 Dec 12  T   0.184    157  04m23s
 1889 Dec 22  T   0.189    152  04m18s
 1908 Jan  3  T   0.193    149  04m14s
 1926 Jan 14  T   0.197    147  04m11s
 1944 Jan 25  T   0.202    146  04m09s
 1962 Feb  5  T   0.211    147  04m08s
 1980 Feb 16  T   0.222    149  04m08s
 1998 Feb 26  T   0.239    151  04m09s

 2016 Mar  9  T   0.261    155  04m09s
 2034 Mar 20  T   0.289    159  04m09s
 2052 Mar 30  T   0.324    164  04m08s
 2070 Apr 11  T   0.365    168  04m04s
 2088 Apr 21  T   0.413    173  03m58s
 2106 May  3  T   0.468    177  03m47s
 2124 May 14  T   0.528    182  03m34s
 2142 May 25  T   0.594    187  03m17s
 2160 Jun  4  T   0.664    192  02m58s
 2178 Jun 16  T   0.738    198  02m36s

 2196 Jun 26  T   0.815    208  02m12s
 2214 Jul  8  T   0.892    230  01m46s
 2232 Jul 18  T   0.971    346  01m14s


           Eclipse        Mag.
     Date    Type Gamma  

 2250 Jul 30  P   1.049  0.911
 2268 Aug  9  P   1.125  0.768
 2286 Aug 20  P   1.198  0.632
 2304 Sep  1  P   1.268  0.503
 2322 Sep 12  P   1.332  0.386
 2340 Sep 22  P   1.392  0.279
 2358 Oct  4  P   1.446  0.183
 2376 Oct 14  P   1.494  0.100
 2394 Oct 25  Pe  1.535  0.030


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Eclipse Type:	 P - Partial			Pb - Partial Eclipse (Saros Series Begins)
		 A - Annular			Pe - Partial Eclipse (Saros Series Ends)
		 T - Total			Ts - Total Eclipse (no southern limit)
		 H - Hybrid (Annular/Total)

Note:	      Mag. - eclipse magnitude (for partial eclipses)
	Path Width - umbral path width in kilometers (for total and annular eclipses).



Table adapted from NASA RP 1383 "Total Solar Eclipse of 1998 February 26".

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