Top 10 List On Eclipses!

By:Joseph Mastro

Fact I:

• There are two types of eclipses:

–Solar–Lunar• (Lunar eclipses happen more often)

Fact II:

• A solar eclipse is when the sun is completely blocked by the moon or is partially blocking the sun.

Fact III:

• The two types of solar eclipses are:– Total solar eclipse is the umbra–Partial solar eclipse is the penumbra

Fact IV:

• When there is a total or partial solar eclipse never look directly at it, unless you have the right instrument.

(you can be severally blinded)

FACT V:

• Solar eclipses happen when the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are in line in that order.

Fact VI:

• Lunar eclipses happen when the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon are in line in that order.

Fact VII:

• Lunar eclipses happen about two time a year.

Fact VIII:

• When there is a total solar eclipse you only see a black circle, the Moon, and the Corona of he Sun.

Fact IX:

• A total solar eclipse happens ever 360 years on an average.

Fact X:

• The Sun is 400 times bigger than the Moon, but the 400 times further from the Earth.

The EndEclipses Now and

Forever