AD1671 Solar Eclipse in Kyoto - Heroes TV series

David^_^b

If you enjoy the TV series "Heroes", here is the discussion.

prerequisite info: (basically Heroes follows the real world history)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_(TV_series)
http://heroeswiki.com/

In the last episode of season 1, volume 1, Hiro (main cast) time-travelled back to ancient Japan (accidentally?) and meet Kensei in a battlefield where there was a total solar eclipse.  And the rest is the story playing with our known real world history.

However, I checked that all the solar eclipse are partial in the year 1671:
With good animation:
http://www.eclipse.org.uk/eclipse/0421671/
An Astroblog - Solar Eclipse of 1671:
http://www.strudel.org.uk/blog/astro/000740.shtml

To those keen TV fans, why choose the year 1671 by the author?  I don't know if the author make in-depth research on solar eclipse, or, as quoted, that solar eclipse is just some symbolic meaning instead?

[ 本帖最後由 David^_^b 於 2008-1-19 19:03 編輯 ]