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Saros cycle
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has an article on:
Saros cycle
Noun
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change
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Singular
Saros cycle
Plural
Saros cycles
A
period
of 18 years, 11 days and 8 hours in which the
Sun
,
Moon
and
Earth
return to almost exactly the same spots they were at 18 years, 11.3 days ago; the
Saros cycle
is used to
predict
when an
eclipse
is going to happen.
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