The corona.
The sun comes in the middle of the earth and moon and so causing a solar eclipse.
The word 'corona' means 'crown'. The source of the word is Latin'. Similarly words using this root are 'Coronation' and 'Coronet'. However, the word , corona, generally refers to the 'crown' of light seen around the Sun during a Solar Eclipse.
When the Sun, Moon and Earth are all lined up exactly, we have an eclipse. If the Earth is in the middle, it's a lunar eclipse. When the Moon is in the middle, it's a solar eclipse.
When the Sun, Moon and Earth are all lined up exactly, we have an eclipse. If the Earth is in the middle, it's a lunar eclipse. When the Moon is in the middle, it's a solar eclipse.
When the Earth is revolving around the Earth, and the moon comes between them, that is, in the middle of the Earth and the Sun,and the shadow of the moon falls on the Earth, it is called a solar eclipse.
Consider the group of objects comprised of the Sun, Moon, and Earth. -- Solar eclipse . . . . . the Moon is the one in the middle. -- Lunar eclipse. . . . . the Earth is the one in the middle. -- The sun can never be the one in the middle.
You can draw a diagram with the Sun at one side, the Moon in the middle and the Earth on the other side. A shadow falls on the Earth and anyone on that part of the Earth sees a solar eclipse. Obviously the Moon is not that big, so when there is an eclipse on one part of the Earth, other people in many different places don't see one.
When the moon is in the middle of the lineup and gets between the earth and the sun, it casts a shadow on the earth, causing a solar eclipse.
eclipse is of two kinds- solar eclipse and lunar eclipse
The solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 was an annular eclipse, which means the moon covered the center of the sun, leaving a ring of sunlight visible around the moon. It was not a total or partial eclipse.
IN a lunar eclipse, the Earth is in the middle, casting a shadow onto the Moon.
The word solar means relating to or derived from the Sun, or utilizing the energies of the Sun, e.g. "solar eclipse" , "solar energy".