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Q: What do astronomers call an eclipse's alignment?
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Why eclipses are caused?

It happens when the sun and the Moon are in alignment.


Maya astronomers were able to predict eclipses of the moon?

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Name one type of eclipse?

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Can 2011 's solar eclipse be seen from India?

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WHEN THE MOON AND SUN ARE ALIGNED THE PRODUCE?

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What do you call an alignment of atoms?

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