AST101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Solar Eclipse Of April 8, 2024, Axial Tilt
7 Oct 2017
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There was a solar eclipse on august 21. How would the eclipse change in appearance if we replaced the moon with phobos, one of the moons of mars? http://www. mreclipse. com/special/image/sediagram1c. jpg. An eclipse of the sun (or solar eclipse) can only occur at new moon when the moon passes between earth and sun. If the moon"s shadow happens to fall upon earth"s surface at that time, we see some portion of the sun"s disk covered or. "eclipsed" by the moon: happens every 18th months [ titled moon] > exo- a is a [ fake] earth- like planet orbiting a sun-like star at the same distance as earth but with no axial tilt. > 45 degress: the seasons would be more extreme and less seasons: 90 degress: there wouldnt be any seasons but 6 months of dark and 6 months of light. > question 4: due to moon orbiting the earth and the relative position increases the phasese of the.
