Solar system
Inner planets
Inner planets
Sun
Earth
Mars
Mercury
Venus
moon
it helps to make stable climate and created a tidal rhythm that guides our seas .
the moon makes the earth much more livable
Eclipses
Solar ecipses
Lunar eclipses
- Earth block sun from moon all some
- Only happens during full moons
- big shadow penumbra
when a new moon moves between the earth and the sun and blocks sunlight
total eclipse is when the moon completely covers the sun. you can only see it if your standing within the umbral shadow.
path of totality is when the shadow moves.
People within the penumbral shadow only see a partial eclipse.
small dark shadow is umbra
full moons happen once every 29 days
Moon orbit earth 29.5 day
Moons orbit is tilted in relation to earth is reason why we don't have lunar eclipses every 29 days
earth moon sun don't always align
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Jupiter
Saturn
uranus
Neptune
- total lunar eclipse - sun moon earth perfect alignment Falls in the umbra most red. red light bent in towards the moon. Redness depends on dust and clouds
- partial lunar eclipse - only part of the moon passes into the earth's umbra. earths shadow appears dark
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
annular eclipse is when the moon covers sun but too small.
Moons orbit is elliptical
Hybrid eclipse is when the position between the earth and sun are so Finley balanced that the curvature of the earth plays a role.