As celestrial bodies revolve around one another, their orbits may sometime align in a way that causes the shadow of one body to completely eclipse that of another. During an eclipse, the overshadowed body is not visible from Earth. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth so that the sun is partially or completely blocked. A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon moves into the shadow of the Earth. Figure 1 shows a diagram of the Earth, moon and sun at various positions, labeled A-D. |
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According to the passage, a lunar eclipse would occur at which of the positions in Figure 1?
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A photographer wants to document a complete solar eclipse. In order to do so, he should film which of the following events?
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Suppose a large comet passes between the Earth and the moon. According to the passage, could this cause an eclipse?
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Based on the information provided, what is the most likely explanation for an eclipse?
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If the sun were positioned on the side opposite of site D as shown in Figure 1, what sort of eclipse, if any, would occur at site D?
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