by philipdowney
Question by Gibran S: If you were on the Moon, could you see the solar corona during a lunar eclipse?
Best answer:
Answer by half way thereYes if you were on the right side.
Yes you would in spite of the Earth's shadow. You would because the Sun is behind the Earth and you would see the sunlight around the Earth's surface. Don't pay attention to Einstein.
What do you think? Answer below!
Monday, May 28, 2012
If you were on the Moon, could you see the solar corona during a lunar eclipse?
Solar Eclipse
by otherthings
Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipse is a natural phenomenon, as it takes place when moon comes between sun and earth in a straight line. During the eclipse the moon passes over the surface of the earth. As we are at earth and we will be able to see that moon is going to block the light of sun as it totally covers the sun. This can only take place during a new moon, when sun and moon is in conjunction, as seen from earth. This is how solar eclipse takes place.How does it occur?It's a coincidence that the sun's diameter is 400 times larger than that of the moon, and at the same time, it is 400 times as far away. If we look through a filter at the sun, it looks exactly like the moon on a full moon night. When the moon passes in front of the sun, the shadow falls on the earth and it appears to exactly cover the sun's disc. This is what a solar eclipse is a shadow.Types of solar eclipseThere are three types of eclipses that occur and these are total solar eclipse, partial solar eclipse and annual solar eclipse. Total Solar Eclipses occur when the umbra of the Moon's shadow touches a region on the surface of the Earth. Partial Solar Eclipses occur when the penumbra of the Moon's shadow passes over a region on the Earth's surface. Annular Solar Eclipses occur when a region on the Earth's surface is in line with the umbra, but the distances are such that the tip of the umbra does not reach the Earth's surface.Is this wrong to watch solar eclipse?Many people think that to watch a solar eclipse will prove an invitation for misfortunes. Even, solar eclipses have been blamed for war, famine and the deaths of kings but today conditions and results are totally changed. Generally, 2-4 solar eclipses occur every year and also the location of occurrence of solar eclipse is also not specific. In essence, an eclipse is no more evil than the shadow of a tree, or a tall building. The moon just blocks off the light of the sun for a brief, beautiful moment.
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Is the Oort-Opik cloud a spherical shell or a banded ring around the Solar System?
by pennstatelive
Question by Golgi Apparatus: Is the Oort-Opik cloud a spherical shell or a banded ring around the Solar System?
According to the Observer book of Space, it is a 'sperical shell' encapsulating the Solar System, replete with '10 trillion comets.'
I always imagined it to be a band, similar to Saturn's rings, aligned with the horizontal placement of the other planets. 10 trillion comets sounds like an exageration, too.
Thoughts?
Best answer:
Answer by eelfinsThe Oort cloud is a spherical shell of comets, extending almost half the way to the nearest star, according to someone I can't remember. The Kuiper belt is a toroid-shaped band of debris just inside the Oort cloud, and starting just outside the orbit of Neptune. Maybe that's what you're thinking of.
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(PROPERTY OF USTREAM) The moon will start eating away at the sun's disk around 5 pm ET today — although that's early Monday morning in Asia, where the eclipse begins. A wide swath of the world between south China and the American Midwest will see a partial solar eclipse, due to the moon's position between Earth and sun. And along a roughly 200-mile-wide track, skywatchers can witness a "Ring of Fire," in which just a thin ring of the sun's disk remains uncovered. There'll be no total eclipse this time around, because the moon is too far away in orbit to match the sun's apparent size. Nevertheless, it's a sight not to be missed. (MSNBC (C) cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com