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Sign in to saveThe inex (plural inexes) is an eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days (about 29 years minus 20 days). The cycle was first described in modern times by Crommelin in 1901, but was named by George van den Bergh who studied it in detail half a century later. One inex after an eclipse of a particular saros series there will be an eclipse in the next saros series, unless the latter saros series has come to an end.
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- An example partial inex solar eclipse series
- An example partial inex lunar eclipse series
- Solar Saros-Inex panorama
- Lunar Saros-Inex panorama
- See also
- References
- Notes
The inex (plural inexes) is an eclipse cycle of 10,571.95 days (about 29 years minus 20 days). The cycle was first described in modern times by Crommelin in 1901, but was named by George van den Bergh who studied it in detail half a century later. One inex after an eclipse of a particular saros series there will be an eclipse in the next saros series, unless the latter saros series has come to an end.
It corresponds to: 10,571.95 solar days 28.95 years 358 synodic months 388.50011 draconic months 30.50011 eclipse years (61 eclipse seasons) 383.67351 anomalistic months 386.94 sidereal months 8 eclipse sets