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Umbreon or Antumbra? Can you tell the difference between eclipse terms and Pokémon lingo?

By Andrew WagnerAug. 18, 2017 , 11:40 AM

While geeking out over next week’s solar eclipse, some Science producers noticed something strange: Astronomy terms describing obscure aspects of the event sounded a lot like … creatures from Pokémon. Since the annual Otakon Japanese culture convention was going on right down the street in Washington, D.C., we wandered over to see if any self-proclaimed otaku could tell them apart. Umbreon and Antumbra? Yveltal and Syzygy? Can you figure out the difference?

Source: Science Mag