I have been researching FE explanations for Solar eclipses. I found this:
"A Solar Eclipse occurs when an observer on Earth passes through the shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks the Sun. This happens when the Sun, Moon and observer are nearly aligned on a straight line when the Moon is close to the ecliptic. In a total solar eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured." (
https://wiki.tfes.org/Solar_Eclipse)
So far so good. Then I found this eclipse from November 23 2003:
Most solar eclipses move from west to east, however this eclipse is moving first south and then west. I'm not sure how that would fit the FE model.
Then there's the fact that the penumbra covers all of Antarctica at the same time. On FE that would mean the whole ice wall is covered by the penumbra. I'm not sure how could that work on FE, maybe there's more than one moon? or the sun got inside the moon? I'm out of ideas.
The penumbra starts in Australia, where a partial eclipse was visible in most of the country and 4 hours later it reaches the southern tip of South America. On the FE disk that would be a huge distance for the shadow to cover in just four hours. Since FE southern hemisphere is three times bigger as the northern hemisphere, maybe that is expected. However I haven't found any information regarding to eclipse shadow speed in FE. Is it rue that FE eclipses move faster in the southern hemisphere?
So the my questions for FE are:
1. Can FE explain sun and moon path and distances during this eclipse?
2. Does the eclipse shadow move generally faster in southern eclipses vs northern eclipses?