2006-10-21 14:27:32 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
ECLIPSE.
An eclipse of the Sun (or solar eclipse) can only occur at New Moon when the Moon passes between Earth and Sun. If the Moon's shadow happens to fall upon Earth's surface at that time, we see some portion of the Sun's disk covered or 'eclipsed' by the Moon. Since New Moon occurs every 29 1/2 days, you might think that we should have a solar eclipse about once a month. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen because the Moon's orbit around Earth is tilted 5 degrees to Earth's orbit around the Sun. As a result, the Moon's shadow usually misses Earth as it passes above or below our planet at New Moon. At least twice a year, the geometry lines up just right so that some part of the Moon's shadow falls on Earth's surface and an eclipse of the Sun is seen from that region
2006-10-21 14:33:03 · answer #1 · answered by cate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eclipse
2006-10-21 21:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eclipse
2006-10-21 21:28:44 · answer #3 · answered by Matt B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be a SOLAR or a LUNAR eclipse.
"An eclipse occurs whenever the Sun, Earth, and Moon line up exactly."
If this occurrence is at the time of a full moon where the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, it is called a lunar eclipse.
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If the lining up of the Sun, Moon and Earth occurs at New Moon, the event is usually referred to as a solar eclipse
2006-10-21 21:35:27 · answer #4 · answered by Ashley M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A solar eclipse.
2006-10-21 21:43:45 · answer #5 · answered by lianhua 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lunar eclipse
2006-10-21 21:36:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lunar eclipse
2006-10-21 21:30:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
thats called Solar eclipse.
2006-10-21 21:33:18 · answer #8 · answered by ladylew07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I reckon Eclipse would be the answer!!
2006-10-22 15:46:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
PD explains it's an Eclipse - I know you don't know this but it's got nothing to do with general health care either!!!!!!!!
2006-10-21 21:32:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋