If the plane of the moon's orbit coincided with the plane of the earth's orbit (the 'ecliptic
plane'), there would be a solar eclipse at every New Moon, and a lunar eclipse at every
Full Moon.
Nobody would think anything of it. It would be commonplace, just "the way things work",
and nobody would even bother to look up. Eclipses would be as boring as the sunrise
and sunset are, even though all are equally miraculous.
Solar eclipses on Jupiter occur much more frequently than on Earth due to its many moons casting shadows on the planet. On average, there can be multiple solar eclipses every day on Jupiter as the large number of moons with varying orbital planes constantly create opportunities for eclipses to happen.
Solar eclipses happen during NEW moons, when the Moon blocks the light of the Sun. Lunar eclipses happen during FULL moons, when the Earth blocks the light of the Sun.
The Earth orbits the Sun in a plane that we call the "ecliptic". If the Moon orbited the Earth in that same plane, we would experience eclipses every month. But the plane of the Moon's orbit is about 5 degrees tilted from the ecliptic, and so we only see eclipses at the "nodes" when the Moon's orbital plane crosses the ecliptic at the new or full moons.
Because the position of the moon, earth, and sun are not in the same exact place every month. This means they are a rare occurrence and only happen when the moon, earth and sun are in exact alignment with the earth.
Because at most full moons the Moon passes above or below the Sun and not actually right in front of it. That's because the Moon has a tilted orbit. I can't draw a diagram on here so you'll have to do your own homework :)
because the moons revolution is tilted and most of the time the moon goes over the earth.
Earth's shadow is bigger comoared to the moons
Planets with moons may indeed have Earth-like eclipses. Eclipses happen when moon orbital plane intersects with planet orbital plane with respect to its star. Eclipses can only happen however if angular diameter of the moon is similar to (or greater than) angular diameter of star as seen from planet's surface, which is quite a rare condition. In the whole Solar System moon-eclipses only happen on Earth.
Solar eclipses on Jupiter occur much more frequently than on Earth due to its many moons casting shadows on the planet. On average, there can be multiple solar eclipses every day on Jupiter as the large number of moons with varying orbital planes constantly create opportunities for eclipses to happen.
If the plane of the moon's orbit coincided with the plane of the earth's orbit (the 'ecliptic plane'), there would be a solar eclipse at every New Moon, and a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon. Nobody would think anything of it. It would be commonplace, just "the way things work", and nobody would even bother to look up. Eclipses would be as boring as the sunrise and sunset are, even though all are equally miraculous.
I don't know how but scientists say that in 2015 there is going to be four moons that are blood red. I think its because 2014-2015 four eclipses will happen, but I don't know what that has to do with four moons.
Mercury and Venus can never have any eclipses, because they have no moons.
No. The moon's orbit is tilted by about 5 degrees relative to Earth's orbit around the sun. This is why we do not see eclipses every month.
Solar eclipses happen during NEW moons, when the Moon blocks the light of the Sun. Lunar eclipses happen during FULL moons, when the Earth blocks the light of the Sun.
The Earth orbits the Sun in a plane that we call the "ecliptic". If the Moon orbited the Earth in that same plane, we would experience eclipses every month. But the plane of the Moon's orbit is about 5 degrees tilted from the ecliptic, and so we only see eclipses at the "nodes" when the Moon's orbital plane crosses the ecliptic at the new or full moons.
No. Harvest Moons are full, while solar eclipses can only happen at the new moon.
Solar eclipses only happen on New moons when the moon is exactly in orbit between the Sun and the Earth.