UTM students study impact of solar eclipse

The solar eclipse as seen at 8am in Balai Cerap Al-Biruni, Putatan. — NORMIMIE DIUN/The Star

JOHOR BARU: A group of students pursuing a degree in Geomatics Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia here conducted a study on the partial solar eclipse on March 9.

The study, among others, was aimed at identifying the impact of the eclipse on gravitational forces, weather, animals, temperature and tides.