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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: neilep on 14/06/2009 13:28:41
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Dearest Peeps Of Knowledge Base Extraordinaire !
Eclipses are like well nice. Out of all the events that occur when the moon passes in front of the Sun, Eclipses are my all time favourite !
Look here's one.
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Nice eh ? Being delivered as a fancy garden lamp and bug attractor next Tuesday !
The Sun is 400 times the diameter of the moon and by some incredible circumstance is also 400 times farther away !!
Is this a commonality between planets, moons and the sun ? or are we the only planet in the solar system that enjoys solar eclipse fun ?
We also have an incredibly large moon in relation to the Earths size compared to the other planets and their moons ...how come ?
thank ewe
Neil
I love To Moon
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You are forgetting annular eclipses where the apparent sizes of sun and moon (when viewed from Earth) are not the same...
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I suspect the size relationship between the moon, sun, and earth-moon-sun distance is just luck. Also our present state regarding those distances is just luck. The states are changing.
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You are forgetting annular eclipses where the apparent sizes of sun and moon (when viewed from Earth) are not the same...
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Gosh !..I never knew of such a thing !
Thanks RD
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I suspect the size relationship between the moon, sun, and earth-moon-sun distance is just luck. Also our present state regarding those distances is just luck. The states are changing.
DOH !! *smakes own forehead* ...ewe are of course absolutely right...I failed to recall that in the early days the moon was a lot closer and in the future it will be further away !
Thanks Vern