Total Solar Eclipses
Total solar eclipses happen when the New Moon comes between the Sun and Earth and casts the darkest part of its shadow, the umbra , on Earth.
During a total eclipse of the Sun, the Moon covers the entire disk of the Sun. In partial and annular solar eclipses, the Moon blocks only a part of the Sun.
Only viewers located in the path of the Moon's full shadow, its umbra , can see a total solar eclipse. Those outside the path see a partial eclipses. By convention therefore
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Types of Solar Eclipses
There are three types of solar eclipses:
- Total - the entire central portion of the sun is blocked out.
- Partial - only a part of the sun's surface is blocked out.
- Annular - only a small, ring-like sl...
A Solar Eclipse
A solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. The moon's shadow falls on the Earth's surface and blocks out the sun's light as we see it from the Earth.
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Mercury
The smallest planet in our solar system and nearerst to the Sun,
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