| Two consecutive saros series are separated by the inex, a period of 29 years minus 20 days that is, 358 synodic months after which time the new moon has come from one node to the opposite node. |
| Referring to Figure 15-7 one sees how this eclipse echoes that of February 26, 1998, which was a saros earlier. |
| Eclipses occur in cycles, the best known of which is the saros, although there are also smaller cycles which are not so accurate. |
| The saros period also comprises 238.992 anomalistic months, again nearly a whole number. |
| The discovery of the saros was such as was within their power, and was certainly no small achievement. |
| A rapid cruiser of the fleet carried the Egyptian standard along the coast as far as the regions of the Orontes and saros. |
