solar eclipse of May 29, 1919

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/solar_eclipse_of_May_29,_1919
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Moon
gptkbp:date 1919-05-29
gptkbp:durationOfTotality 6 minutes 51 seconds
gptkbp:expeditionOrganizedBy gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:followedBy solar eclipse of November 10, 1928
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label solar eclipse of May 29, 1919
gptkbp:location gptkb:Prince
gptkb:Sobral,_Brazil
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:The_Times_(London)
gptkb:Nature_(journal)
gptkbp:notableFor testing general relativity
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Arthur_Eddington
gptkb:Frank_Watson_Dyson
gptkbp:partOf Saros 136
gptkbp:pathOfTotality gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:photographed gptkb:Arthur_Eddington
gptkb:Andrew_Crommelin
gptkb:Charles_Davidson
gptkbp:precededBy solar eclipse of November 22, 1919
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:general_relativity
gptkbp:resultedIn confirmation of Einstein's theory of general relativity
gptkbp:significance measured gravitational deflection of starlight
gptkbp:type total solar eclipse
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1919_solar_eclipse_expedition
gptkb:A_Determination_of_the_Deflection_of_Light_by_the_Sun's_Gravitational_Field,_from_Observations_Made_at_the_Total_Eclipse_of_May_29,_1919
gptkb:Eddington_eclipse_expedition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8