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Solar Eclipse On Wembley Weekend ....


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Woodsy's boring fact of the day: we get eclipses as the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon, and the moon is 400 times closer to the earth than the sun (roughly, I don't think it's bang on, but you get my point)

 

Is that a coincidence??

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Woodsy's boring fact of the day: we get eclipses as the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon, and the moon is 400 times closer to the earth than the sun (roughly, I don't think it's bang on, but you get my point)

 

Is that a coincidence?

 

 

Yes but if the Moon was bigger or we were further from the sun we'ed also get eclipses

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Yes but if the Moon was bigger or we were further from the sun we'ed also get eclipses

 

The coincidence is that, at a total eclipse. just the Sun's body is covered by the Moon so we see the corona and prominences. Except in cloudy bloody Cornwall :grr:

 

PS Occasionally, when the Moon is at apogee (furthest from the Earth) we get an annular eclipse where the Moon doesn't quite cover the whole of the Sun, even at dead centre.

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Yes but if the Moon was bigger or we were further from the sun we'ed also get eclipses

 

Yeah, valid point. But the fact we get perfect eclipses....coincidence?

 

Anyway, today's isn't happening in Malvern, it seems mother nature has put paid to my chances of seeing it

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