A rare, spectacular total eclipse of the sun - Andy Cohen
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How can the tiny moon eclipse the sight of the gargantuan sun? By sheer coincidence, the disc of the sun is 400x larger than the disc of the moon, but the sun is 390x farther from Earth -- which means that when they align just right, the moon blocks all but the sun's glowing corona. Andy Cohen details this extraordinary celestial phenomenon (and when it will next occur).
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April Crader
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What creates a total solar eclipse?
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Sheldon Polston
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uh well the moon orbit wobbles so sometimes the moon would be above the sun. Or it would be to low. but when it gets lined up just right the moon would go around the earth but, when the moon goes in front of the sun it takes a few hours to get in front of the sun. but once it does a total eclipse happens. but totality can last seconds but sometimes minutes.
Bronwyn Burkemper
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When the moon fully covers the sun
Nakieyah Hardin
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The earth fully in the path of both the moon and sun
Chase Stieferman
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The moon blocking the suns light.
Ty'Shaun Young
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The Moon fully blocking the Sun's light.
