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Why do you observe solar and lunar eclispes?
Either the Moon casts its shadow on Earth, or the Earth casts its shadow on the Moon.
Is the moon earths shadow?
Solar Eclipse
What are the two types of eclipse and explain?
Solar - moons shadow falls on earth.Lunar - earths shadow falls on moon.
When earths shadow fall on the moon what does the shadow cause?
Yes it is called Lunar Eclipse. And when Moon comes in between earth and sun, its called the Solar Eclipse.
Where did the first solar eclipse occur?
Solar eclipses are caused by the shadow of the Moon hitting the Earth. Solar eclipses happen on the Earth.
What is the light colored shadow on the earths surface cast by the moon during a solar eclipse?
The umbra ans penumbra
What is it called when the moons shadow hits earth or earths shadows hit the moon?
It is called a solar eclipse when the Moon's shadow hits Earth, and a lunar eclipse when Earth's shadow hits the Moon.
Are Solar eclipses caused by the earths shadow?
Probably, I mean what else could there be (or the Earth makes a shadow covering the half that doesn't face the sun)
What kind of eclipse happen when the moon's shadow travels across part of earth?
A solar eclipse
When do you have a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
Eclipses happen when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up almost exactly, and the shadow from one hits the other. In a solar eclipse, the shadow of the Moon falls on the Earth, and in a lunar eclipse the Earth's shadow darkens the Moon.
When can solor eclipse happen?
A solar eclipse occurs when the path of the moon comes between the sun and the earth. The moon casts a shadow on the earth's surface and an observer within that shadow would see a solar eclipse.
Did the Mayan know the earth was round?
yes. they saw the earths shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse. they also thought the sun was the centre of the solar system.
