When a solar eclips happens, the moon and the sun appear to be exactly the same size?
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It is because the sun is 400000 times farther than moon and is also 400000 times bigger than moon.
No, the sun is slightly larger than the moon.
They would during a TOTAL solar eclipse. Sometimes though, the moon is slightly further away during an eclipse, and will appear slightly smaller than the sun...leaving a thin ring of sunlight shining from behind the moon..that's called an annualar eclipse.
Yes, pretty much. The Sun is obviously much bigger than the moon, but it is further away, geddit?
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/a0874579... go here ok is about scale hold your finger up and see if you can block out the sun ok your computer screen move till you can get the picture
because the moon is closer to earth and apears bigger than or the same size as the sun.
because of the distance between the two with the sun at the back
Distance, dear boy.
93 million compared to 1/4 million!
the sun is appr. 110 times farther away than the moon, and the reason it seems the same size during an eclipse is, you guessed it, the sun is appr. 110 times the size of the moon.
Yes, by pure chance indeed!
like they said it appears bigger because its closer than the sun, if the were placed side by side it'd be like putting a pee next to a tennis ball...roughly
Heck, I can use my thumb to cover up the sun if I hold it close enough to my face.
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