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€71,000 to anyone who can explain this contradiction with real math. Not theories - prove how this shadow movement is possible with current orbital mechanics.

For current scientific model to work, Moon's angular speed must be greater than Earth's rotation speed. But the numbers show this is impossible...

The key point: Due to Earth's angular velocity (rotation), any shadow cast by the Moon must travel from east to west, regardless if the eclipse lasts minutes or hours. This is a simple consequence of Earth's rotation, just as we observe the Moon's daily motion.

Consider this: The Moon's shadow is bound to the Moon's position. If a solar eclipse lasted hours instead of minutes, Earth's rotation would cause observers to see the shadow move from east to west (like the Moon itself), not west to east as currently observed. (?)

But we observe the exact opposite during eclipses. The shadow moves West to East. How is this possible? (if we remove the self rotation of earth its possible)

According to these numbers (given by "science"), Earth's rotation is faster than Moon's movement. This means any shadow should move East to West.

The solar eclipse shadow moves from USA to Europe. But here's the problem: Earth rotation: ~1670 km/h Moon orbit speed: ~3686 km/h Earth rotates 15°/hour Moon moves 0.55°/hour