list of fictional astronomical phenomena

The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. An eclipse is the result of either an occultation (completely hidden) or a transit (partially hidden). This alignment of three celestial objects is known as a syzygy. The shadow of an eclipse on Earth as seen from spaceĪn eclipse is an astronomical event that 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. Solar prominences can be seen along the limb (in red) as well as extensive coronal filaments. Intermingled with facts are compartments dealing with fiction (the Man in the Moon), behavior (the Studious Boy and the Blockhead), signs of the Zodiac, comets and rainbows, and astronomers.Astronomical event where one body is hidden by another Totality during the 1999 solar eclipse.

At the time, nine planets and their movements around the sun were known. The 35 squares have portraits of astronomers and representations of astronomical phenomena.

*First published by John Wallis in 1804 and reissued by Edward Wallis. Introductory Observations are engraved on the playing sheet. When a player is to stop one or more turns, he must place as many counters as he is to stop turns on the number he arrives at and when his turn of spinning comes he is to take up a counter instead of spinning and so on until they are all redeemed, when he may proceed. If the last spin does not exactly make up 35, but goes beyond it, the player is to go back as many as he exceeds that number and try his fortune again till some one arrives at the lucky number.Ĩ. 7 and so on till some one arrives at 35, who wins the game.ħ. 3, spins and the teetotum turns up 4, he must place his pyramid at No. The number turned up at each spinning is to be added on to that on which the players pyramid stands: thus if a player whose pyramid stands on No. After the first player has spun, the rest are to spin in the order determined by Law 2.Ħ. The first player is to spin and according to the number turned up on the teetotum, he is to place his pyramid: thus if he turns up 3, he is to place his pyramid at No. The first player must road the introduction aloud before he begins to play.Ĥ. The first player is to be determined by spinning the teetotum the highest spinner to be the first player etc.ģ. Each player must have a pyramid and four counters of the same colour.Ģ. These are mainly missing turns or reciting information.ġ. BRYAN BLACKHEATH, LONDON PRINTED FOR E WALLIS 42 SKINNER STREET, SNOW HILL BY T DAVIS 117 MINORIES.īooklet lists each medallion and indicates addition rules to playing the game which are not accounted for on the playing sheet. SCIENCE IN SPORT OR THE PLEASURES OF ASTRONOMY A NEW GAME REVISED AND APPROVED BY MRS. Rewards: extra turns and forward movementįorfeits: missing turns, backward movement and the reciting of details from the booklet as listedĮquipment required: teetotum, markers (pyramids) and four matching coloured counters each

List of fictional astronomical phenomena