FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — If you were planning to view the solar eclipse on the edge of the path of totality, you might want to reconsider, according to a new map. A new report by eclipse calculator John Irwin from says the path of totality has shrunk in some areas. “By accounting for the topography of both the
moon and the Earth, precise eclipse prediction has brought new attention to a tiny but real uncertainty about the size of the Sun,”
NASA Heliophysics Editorial Lead Abbey Interrante told in an email. KNWA/FOX24 Chief Meteorologist Dan Skoff says while the path is narrower, it’s just by 2,000 feet less than half a mile. While it won’t affect many Arkansans, some who thought their town was in the path are not anymore. Most wanting to see the eclipse likely aren’t planning to see it on the edge of the path where there will be 10-20 seconds of totality. Here are towns no longer in the path that once were, according to the map: NASA’s predictions have not changed, according to Interrante, but the sun’s radius will be the subject of a during the eclipse. For more information on the map, visit the Besselian Elements .