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    A solar eclipse occurs when a new moon passes between Earth and the sun. If the moon's shadow falls upon Earth at the time, you will see some portion of the sun's disk covered, or 'eclipsed' by the moon. There are three types of eclipses: partial, total, and annular.

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    A solar eclipse occurs when a new moon passes between Earth and the sun. If the moon's shadow falls upon Earth at the time, you will see some portion of the sun's disk covered, or 'eclipsed' by the moon. There are three types of eclipses: partial, total, and annular.

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    April 2010

    SOLAR ECLIPSES JULIE KAMEISHA, TESS MERRILL, CLAIRE KING

    What is a
    Solar Eclipse?
    A solar eclipse occurs when a new
    moon passes between Earth and the
    Sun. If the moon’s shadow falls upon
    Earth’s surface at the time, you will
    see some portion of the Sun’s disk
    covered, or ‘eclipsed’ by the moon. A
    new moon occurs every 29 ½ days,
    but an eclipse only happens when the
    moon’s orbit is tilted 5 degrees to the
    Earths’ orbit around the sun. There
    are three types of eclipses: partial,
    total, and annular. Usually, the
    shadow misses Earth as it passes,
    making eclipses rare. Evidence shows
    that ancient China and Babylonia
    were the first to have records of solar
    eclipses. Past and Future
    PENUMBRA AND UMBRA The last solar eclipse occurred on The umbral shadow will cross the
    There are two parts of an eclipse. The January 15, 2010, and was an South Pacific Ocean where it will be
    penumbra is the moon’s faint outer annular eclipse. This was visible visible from only the Cook Islands,
    shadow. When a partial solar eclipse from central Africa, the Indian Easter Island, and other isolated
    occurs, it is only visible from within Ocean, and eastern Asia. A partial places. A partial eclipse will be
    eclipse was seen from eastern visible in the South Pacific and
    the penumbral shadow. The umbra is
    Europe, most of Africa, Asia, and southern South America. Also, two
    the moon’s dark inner shadow. When
    Indonesia. On July 11, 2010, the lunar eclipses, a partial and a total,
    a total solar eclipse occurs, it is
    next total solar eclipse will occur. will occur in 2010.
    visible from within the umbral
    shadow.

    See below for diagram.

    Path of Totality- The track of the


    moon’s umbral shadow across Earth is called
    the Path of Totality. This is 10,000 miles long,
    Three Types- The tree types of eclipses but only 100 miles wide, and covers less
    are partial, total, and annular. A total solar than 1% of Earth’s entire surface. In order
    eclipse occurs when the moon passes to see a total solar eclipse, you must be
    between the sun and the Earth, and the somewhere inside the small Path of Totality.
    moon fully covers the sun when it is viewed This path can cross any part of the Earth,
    from some part on Earth. In a partial total but is very rare to see in one single
    CORONA- The white ‘halo’ surrounding the
    eclipse, the moon only partially covers the location. A total solar eclipse is very brief
    sun during an eclipse is called the solar corona.
    sun. An annular eclipse occurs when only a and only lasts a few minutes, and when it It’s a super heated plasma that reaches 2
    small sliver of light is seen from the sun’s does, the sky takes on an eerie twilight. million degrees. This corona can only be seen
    disk. a few minutes total solar eclipses.
    Picture Sources
    http://blog.kidplastik.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/solar-eclipsejpg.jpeg

    http://www.ridgenet.net/~n6tst/eclipse/corona1s.jpg

    http://michellegregg.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/annular-solar-eclipse.jpg

    Information Sources

    Espenak, Fred. "NASA - Eclipses During 2010." NASA Eclipse Web Site. FirstGov. Web. 05 Apr. 2010.

    Espenak, Fred. "Solar Eclipses for Beginners." MrEclipse. 2009. Web. 02 Apr. 2010.

    Hess, Frances S, et al. "The Sun-Earth-Moon System." Earth Science- Geology, the Environment, and the Universe. Columbus: McGraw-

    Hill Companies, 2002. 765-67. Print.

    "Solar Eclipses." National Geographic. National Geographic Society. Web. 02 Apr. 2010.

    “What Is a Solar Eclipse?" HowStuffWorks Science. 1998. Web. 02 Apr. 2010.

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