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How many solar diameters would fit between the sun and the earth?
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∙ 12y ago
The suns diameter (solar diameter) is roughly 1,392,000km across, while the distance between the earth and sun is around 150,000,000 miles on average. So we are talking around 107.8 solar diameters between us and the suns centre or 107.3 solar diameters to the suns surface.
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Why do you have your solar system?
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When can solor eclipse happen?
A solar eclipse occurs when the path of the moon comes between the sun and the earth. The moon casts a shadow on the earth's surface and an observer within that shadow would see a solar eclipse.
Where is a person standing if they experience a total solar eclipse?
When it occurs, a solar eclipse is visible over only a portion of the earth. In order to see it, you must stand: -- at a place on earth where the eclipse will be visible, -- outdoors -- in the daytime, i.e. between the hours of sunrise and sunset
Would a solar eclipse happen at full moon?
No. If the moon is between the earth and sun, It cannot possibly be also lit from the sun on the side that is facing the earth!
What would you see if you were on the moon during a lunar eclipse?
From the perspective of a lunar observer, it would be a solar eclipse; the Earth would pass between the Sun and the Moon.
