Half Eclipses

A Half Eclipse is a frequent and unexplained event distinct from the regular eclipses caused by the larger of the world's two moons, in which one of the many unknown objects that circle the sun pass in front of its face, causing a large fraction of it to be hidden from view. The objects range from vaguely spherical to jagged in shape, and they range from 2% up to 80% of the total angular size of the sun. Experts believe they orbit the sun itself, as they clearly do not orbit the world as the moons do, and they can be sometimes seen to pass behind the sun which lends credence to this theory. Small eclipses caused by one of the hundreds of smaller objects happen almost hourly and are unnoticeable, while larger eclipses occur between once and several times a week. Predicting the eclipses is a task occupying many of the finest minds all over the known world, although so far noone has been able to predict one more than four days in advance. A much rarer occasion is a so called "complete half eclipse", where two or more of the objects pass in front simultaneously, completely blocking the light, and these happen only once or twice a decade.

Some experts have linked half eclipses to the Collapse.