• Question: do you know anything about the solar eclipse

    Asked by 263evnb45 to Thad, Thomas on 20 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Thomas Clements

      Thomas Clements answered on 20 Mar 2015:

      What would you like to know?

      This eclipse was caused by the moon moving in front of the sun as it orbits the earth. The moon covers the face of the sun, even though the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon. This is because, by a weird quirk, the sun is 400 times further away that the sun!

      This webpage nails it: http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/workx/eclipses/Eclipses.html

    • Photo: Thaddeus Aid

      Thaddeus Aid answered on 20 Mar 2015:

      Hi,

      Thomas’ answer covers most of it, but I just want to add that they are super awesome and special. Did you guys talk about it in school?

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