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April 8 total solar eclipse: Why this eclipse repeats itself every 54 years


The total solar eclipse on April 8 is part of a repeating pattern of eclipses that last visited North America in 1970, and will visit again in 2078. Here's why the same eclipse repeats every 54 years.

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