> Patterns in how eclipses traverse the country mean that some areas, such as the Midwest, get to see many more than others. This statement is shown graphicall

> Patterns in how eclipses traverse the country mean that some areas, such as the Midwest, get to see many more than others. This statement is shown graphically in the image of the paths of all eclipses since 2000 BC: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/eclipse/img/_leasteclipsed-monotone-280.png https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/eclipse/img... This is counterintuitive to me. I understand that the paths are distributed in similar angular arcs across the country because of the relative motion of the planets, but I do not understand why these should occur at any particular longitude. Given the relatively few eclipses represented, could the inequality in this distribution be purely random? Does anyone know?