2017 total solar eclipse

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Moon
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_American_Eclipse
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 1.0306
gptkbp:causedBy Moon passing between Earth and Sun
gptkbp:date 2017-08-21
gptkbp:duration 2 minutes 40 seconds
gptkbp:gamma 0.4367
gptkbp:greatestEclipseLocation near Hopkinsville, Kentucky
gptkbp:greatestEclipseTime 18:26:40 UTC
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2017 total solar eclipse
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:NASAEventID SE2017Aug21T
gptkbp:nextEclipse gptkb:2019_July_2_solar_eclipse
gptkbp:notableFor first total solar eclipse visible from contiguous US since 1979
first coast-to-coast total eclipse in US since 1918
gptkbp:observedBy millions of people
gptkbp:partialEclipseVisibleIn gptkb:North_America
gptkb:northwest_Africa
western Europe
parts of South America
gptkbp:pathOfTotality Oregon to South Carolina
gptkbp:previousEclipse gptkb:2009_July_22_solar_eclipse
gptkbp:solarSaros 145
gptkbp:studiedBy atmospheric studies
animal behavior studies
corona observation
gptkbp:type total solar eclipse
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carbondale,_Illinois
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6