LDALL ECLIPSE 3 LAST

The rare celestial event enlivened southern Kerala as
scientists of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre launched a series
of rockets from Thumba to collect atmospheric data.

Nine sounding rockets were launched before and during the
eclipse from Thumba attached to the VSCC and Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, also known as the Sriharikota Range (SHAR), to
collect data on the event.
The eclipse, regarded unique as it took place during
noon, when the incoming solar radiation was at its maximum,
passed close to Thumba in Kerala with 91 per cent obscuration
of the Sun and its edges touched Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh
with 85 per cent obscuration.
It was also significant since the obscuration of the Sun
during the eclipse was exceptionally long, about 11 minutes
and eight seconds, providing an opportunity to study, perhaps
for the first time, the eclipse induced effects in the
noontime equatorial region, the officials said.
In Kanyakumari, the eclipse was watched by a team of six
scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA).
PTI TEAM
RBT


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