@neiltyson Stop frightening mortals with your awesomeness.
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@neiltyson Happy zombie Jesus day Neil!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson hmmm, that doesn't sound very Christian. Sounds almost like....a Pagan ritual.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Unless we celebrate it on other worlds simultaneously. Though eclipses (exactly twixt transit/occultation) are probably rare.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Today is 1st Sunday after the 1st Full Moon after the Spring Equinox. Easter can never have an eclipse.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson But...but...that means...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Mathematically, the way you figure the day easter falls is by quasi-crystal, right?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Is it the only holiday that can't have an eclipse? - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson Then again, Passover always has a full moon because of the fact that the Hebrew calendar is Lunar. -
@IronCurtaiNYC@neiltyson they always coincide: The Last Supper was a Passover Seder... -
@DavidLough@neiltyson I know that. That was my point.
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@neiltyson: Today is the first Sunday after the first FullMoon after the SpringEquinox. read the bible MORAN."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson so not true: ecclesiastical full Moon can fall before astronomical full Moon by a day, so Easter Sunday can have an eclipse. -
@profmike_m@neiltyson what is an ecclesiastical full moon Mike? -
@SmarterYoutube@neiltyson it's what happens if you employ clerics rather than astronomers to calculate orbits http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_full_moon …
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@neiltyson Is that because of an egg-shaped orbit?!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson not many people know how Easter is determined.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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