{"id":1243,"date":"2012-11-14T15:12:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbitalhub.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2012-11-14T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:12:17","slug":"partial-solar-eclipses-recorded-by-proba-2-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/?p=1243","title":{"rendered":"Partial Solar Eclipses Recorded by Proba-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 30px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cUV7zUHbIGw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ESA dixit:<\/p>\n<p>The total solar eclipse of 13-14 November 2012 was only visible to ground-based observers situated in northern Australia, while ESA\\&#8217;s Sun-watching satellite Proba-2 enjoyed three partial eclipses from its viewpoint in space. The constant change in viewing angle of Proba-2 as it orbits the Earth meant that the satellite passed through the Moon\\&#8217;s shadow a total of three times during the eclipse event. The video was produced from images taken by Proba-2\\&#8217;s SWAP imager, which snaps the Sun in ultraviolet light to reveal stormy active regions on the solar disc.<\/p>\n<p>The apparent noise in the movie results from high energy particles hitting Proba-2\\&#8217;s electronics as the spacecraft passes through the South Atlantic Anomaly. The dimming in the movie is an effect as part of the satellite\\&#8217;s orbit passes through the shadow of the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: ESA<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/SPECIALS\/Proba\/SEMJJ5ZVNUF_0.html\">Read more about Proba-2&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 5px;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA dixit:The total solar eclipse of 13-14 November 2012 was only visible to ground-based observers situated in northern Australia, while ESA&#8217;s Sun-watching satellite Proba-2 enjoyed three partial eclipses from its viewpoint in space. The constant change in viewing angle of Proba-2 as it orbits the Earth meant that the satellite passed through the Moon&#8217;s shadow a total of three times du&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[463],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbitalhub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}