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Nigerians To Experience End Of The World On Sunday As Partial Solar Eclipse Hits Africa
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Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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NASRDA, Nigeria’s National Space
Research and Development Agency
has made a partial solar eclipse
occurrence prediction for different
part of Nigeria on Sunday November
3rd, 2013.
According to Professor Seidu
Mohammed, the DG of the agency,
eclipse is an astronomical event that
occurs when an astronomical object is
temporarily obscured.
This occurs either by passing into the
shadow of another body or by having
another body pass between it and the
viewer as seen from the earth.
Mohammed advised Nigerians not to
panic unnecessarily as nothing
untoward would happen on that day.
“These things are natural
phenomena; Nigerians should not be
afraid; the agency has responsibility to
the nation, hence the reason for the
early warning signal,” he said.
Mohammed said that the partial
eclipse would not affect the airspace
but advised Nigerians not to think that
the world would come to an end
because of the occurrence.
Prof. Opara Fidelis, Director, Centre for
Basic Space Science, said that different
parts of the country would witness the
eclipse at different times of the day.
He said that for instance, Abuja would
witness it at 1p.m., Lagos, 12:30 p m.;
Kano, 1.07 p m. and Enugu, 1.04 p.m.
Fidelis, however, advised Nigerians to
wear sunglasses to view the
occurrence, adding that the glasses
would protect their eyes from damage
that might arise.
Meanwhile, the NASDRA director-
general said that the agency would
provide such glasses for some
Nigerians, especially children and
selected Nigerians.
He said that the entire African
continent would be affected by the
partial eclipse, while some other parts
of the world would witness total
eclipse.
Mohammed urged Nigerians to go
about their normal businesses as
such occurrences happened
occasionally.
The same occurrence is expected in
April 2014, March 2015 and Sept 2016
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