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When the Earth experiences a total solar of lunar eclipse, the shadow of the moon falls on the Earth and on one particular spot. There you can see the total solar or lunar eclipse, but any other place you don't realize it.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe umbra (Latin for "shadow") is the darkest part of the shadow. From within the umbra, the source of light is completely concealed by the occulting body. In astronomy, an observer in the umbra is said to be in the shadows experiencing total eclipse.
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∙ 14y agoWhen an object is illuminated by a source that is not a point, it casts a shadow that has two areas. One where the light is completely blocked and a ring shaped area around that one where the light is only partially blocked. Theses areas are the umbra and penumbra, respectively. I am going to attach an illustration to better explain. This is a link to a site that has an illustration. My own file wouldn't load.
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Is the umbra larger during a solar eclips or a lunar eclips?
The "umbra" is the darkest central shadow; the "penumbra" is the lighter partial shadow. Since the Earth is much larger than the Moon, the Earth's shadow is larger than the Moon's shadow.The "umbra" of the Moon is only about 300 miles across at a maximum when it hits the Earth, which is why a solar eclipse (which is the Moon's shadow on the Earth) covers such a small area. The Earth's umbra during a lunar eclipse (the Earth's shadow on the Moon) more than covers the entire Moon.
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What is the name of the darkest shadow of the moon that causes a total eclipse?
The central portion of the moon's shadow is called the "umbra". Standing anywhere in the umbra, you would see the entire sun covered by the moon. If you moved far enough to the side to see some part of the sun uncovered, you would then be in the "penumbra" portion of the shadow.
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What is the difference between a shadow formed by a point source of light and a extended source?
The shadow formed by the point source of light has a screen blocking it. So it is very precise and only forms an umbra. Whereas the other is not as precise and forms an umbra and a penumbra.
What is the difference between the umbra and the penumber?
umbra is the shadow and penumbra is the part the umbra is in
What is the different of umbra and penumbra?
Umbra and penumbra when referred to the moon describes the shadow which is formed when light is blocked from the sun, by the moon. This shadow which falls on the Earth and has two distinct regions; a partially shadowed area which is the penumbra and the centre point a totally dark umbra. We on Earth looking skyward and watching the shadow pass as the Earth revolves would describe the penumbra as a partial eclipse and the umbra as a total eclipse.
Word origin of umbra penumbra and ant-umbra?
The words penumbra and ant-umbra and umbra all have the same root origin. They originate from the Latin word umbra, which means shade.
What are the two parts of a shadow?
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What does the umbra and the penumbra have to with with eclipse?
An umbra is formed when an object blocks all of the light from a light source. A penumbra is formed when light from one source is blocked with light from another source filling in some of the shadow, OR when a large light source is only partially blocked. http://www.learner.org/workshops/sheddinglight/highlights/highlights1.html
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Is umbra a eclipse?
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