Clue from nature 1178 BC

The 16 April 1178 BC eclipse: only about a 1 in 3 chance it was total at Ithaca

scripts/eclipse_local.py with NASA Besselian elements: at Ithaca (38.43 N, 20.68 E), with NASA's Delta T (28,590 s) the eclipse is partial, magnitude 0.986 at 11:45; with the paper's own Delta T (27,603 s) partial, 0.911. Total only if Delta T lies between 28,806 and 29,524 s; allowing for the uncertainty (sigma about 720 s) the chance of totality at Ithaca is 0.31. Noon timing and a high Sun (57 degrees) do fit 'the noon meal'.

How it connects

This clue from nature argues against The Odyssey's sky clues single out the eclipse day, 16 April 1178 BC only a 31 percent chance of totality at Ithaca

This clue from nature is a clue for Does the Odyssey record the eclipse of 16 April 1178 BC?

This clue from nature we read it in NASA Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses (Espenak and Meeus), catalog pages and Besselian elements. Used by scripts/eclipse_local.py and scripts/eclipse_baserate.py

This clue from nature came from this step Reran the Odyssey eclipse date search over 1,400 years