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-Dominant- [34]

2 years ago

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If the sun is 400 times bigger than the moon, how couild the moon possibly cover the sun during a solar eclipse?

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Vilka [71]2 years ago

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Answer:

It's all about perspective. The moon is far closer to the Earth than the Sun is, so they appear roughly the same size. If they were closer to each other, then obviously the moon wouldn't be large enough to cover a substantial amount of the sun's light. But given the huge distance both between them and the moon and the earth, to us they look relatively the same.

AlekseyPX2 years ago

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Explanation:

the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun Even though the Moon is much smaller than the Sun, because it is just the right distance away from Earth, the Moon can fully block the Sun's light from Earth's perspective This completely blocks out the Sun's light

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