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": "user", "content": "I missed the last solar eclipse did you get to see it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No I missed \"The Great American Eclipse\". It was a total solar eclipse visible across the US on August 21, 2017."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I missed it too. Do you know when the next one will be ?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The next total solar eclipse visible across North America will take place on April 8, 2024."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Six years away seems like a long time but I know they are rare"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They are indeed. The longest duration of totality will be 4 minutes 28 seconds near the town of Nazas in Mexico."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is not very long is it. What else can you tell me about solar eclipses I find it interesting"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "A total eclipse is when the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Ok that makes sense, remember the Pink Floyd song Total Eclipse of the Moon"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think you mean \"The Dark Side of the Moon\" which was Pink Floyd's 8th studio album released in 1973."}]