What is the difference between total and annular solar eclipse?
I need to know to difference between a total solar eclipse, annular solar eclipse and partial solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse. Thanks :D
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Answer by Delta V
TOTAL ECLIPSE -- When the Moon is near perigee (closest to Earth), observers along the path of the Moon’s dark inner shadow see a total eclipse.
ANNULAR ECLIPSE -- If the Moon is near apogee, it does not quite cover the Sun; the resulting eclipse is annular, and observers can see a thin ring of the solar disk around the Moon’s silhouette.
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Total solar Eclipse:
The Moon covers the complete disc of the Sun.
Annular Solar Eclipse:
The Moon, at greatest eclipse, covers most of the Sun, but when it is centered, the disc of the Sun creates an “annulus” around the outer edge of the disc of the Moon. The Sun and Moon vary slightly in their distance from Earth, so sometimes the Sun appears slightly larger than the Moon.
Partial Solar Eclipse:
The Moon passes in front of part of the Sun, but it not centered so that an observer can see totality or an annulus.
Lunar Eclipse:
The Moon passes into the Earths shadow.
There are pictures and diagrams (and a lot of words) you can see by doing a Yahoo/Google search and checking out the Wikipedia “solar eclipse” article.
During a total solar eclipse the Moon appears larger then the Sun and complete covers the solar disk which during an annular solar eclipse the Moon appears smaller then the Sun and doesn’t completely cover the Sun’s disk.