i saw a solar eclipse when i was 8 years old.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A solar eclipse (as seen from the planet Earth) is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially blocks (\"occults\") the Sun. This can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured. If the Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital plane, there would be total solar eclipses every new moon. However, since the Moon's orbit is tilted at more than 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit around the Sun, its shadow usually misses Earth. The Moon's orbit must cross Earth's ecliptic plane in order for an eclipse (both solar as well as lunar) to occur. In addition, the Moon's actual orbit is elliptical, often taking it far enough away from Earth that its apparent size is not large enough to block the Sun entirely. The orbital planes cross each other at a line of nodes resulting in at least two, and up to five, solar eclipses occurring each year; no more than two of which can be total eclipses.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I saw a solar eclipse when I was 8 years old. It was amazing seeing the moon pass between the sun and the earth! Have you seen it before?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "America had a pretty awesome solar eclipse this past year, was really cool"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Awesome! Was it a total eclipse when the disc of the sun was completely covered by the moon?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "yep, seeing the shadows it made that looked like crescent moons everywhere was cool"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Wow! I only seen a partial eclipse once, when only part of the sun was covered by the moon. Did you use special glasses?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "yea, i took a quick look without them but i know it can be dangerous to some extent"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes be careful! They are pretty rare, but if the moon was a little closer to earth and in the same orbital plane we would get solar eclipses ever new moon! "}, {"role": "user", "content": "thats really cool i didnt know that"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, the orbital planes cross each other at nodes that end up causing 2 - 5 different solar eclipses each year!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "wow well thanks for all the info and science behind it, was really cool"}]