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    This document provides an overview of solar and lunar eclipses. It begins with definitions and then describes the causes and types of each. For solar eclipses, it explains that they occur during a new moon when the moon passes between the earth and sun, and can be total, partial, or annular. For lunar eclipses, it notes they happen during a full moon, when the earth is between the sun and moon, casting its shadow on the moon. It also provides details on how each type occurs and lists some of the longest recorded eclipses. In total, the document comprehensively summarizes key information about eclipses.

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    This document provides an overview of solar and lunar eclipses. It begins with definitions and then describes the causes and types of each. For solar eclipses, it explains that they occur during a new moon when the moon passes between the earth and sun, and can be total, partial, or annular. For lunar eclipses, it notes they happen during a full moon, when the earth is between the sun and moon, casting its shadow on the moon. It also provides details on how each type occurs and lists some of the longest recorded eclipses. In total, the document comprehensively summarizes key information about eclipses.

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    This document provides an overview of solar and lunar eclipses. It begins with definitions and then describes the causes and types of each. For solar eclipses, it explains that they occur during a new moon when the moon passes between the earth and sun, and can be total, partial, or annular. For lunar eclipses, it notes they happen during a full moon, when the earth is between the sun and moon, casting its shadow on the moon. It also provides details on how each type occurs and lists some of the longest recorded eclipses. In total, the document comprehensively summarizes key information about eclipses.

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    GOVT. SEC.

    SCHOOL,
    NABHA (BOYS)
    COMPUTER LAB
    INDEX
    • INTRODUCTION
    • DIAGRAM SHOWING ECLIPSE
    • CAUSE OF ECLIPSE
    • TYPES OF ECLIPSE
    • SOLAR ECLIPSE
    • TYPES OF SOLAR ECLIPSE
    • HOW DOES SOLAR ECLIPSE OCCUR?
    • LUNAR ECLIPSE
    • TYPES OF LUNAR ECLIPSE
    • HOW DOES LUNAR ECLIPSE OCCUR?
    • ANNULAR ECPILSE
    • LONGEST ECLIPSE
    • ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    INTRODUCTION
    Eclipse, in astronomy, the obscuring  of  one  celestial 
    body  by  another,  particularly  that  of  the  sun  or  a 
    planetary satellite.
    One consequence of the Moon's orbit about the 
    Earth  is  that  the  Moon  can  shadow  the  Sun's  light  as 
    viewed from the Earth, or the Moon can pass through 
    the  shadow  cast  by  the  Earth.  The  former  is  called  a 
    solar eclipse and the later is called a lunar eclipse. The 
    small tilt of the Moon's orbit with respect to the plane 
    of  the  ecliptic  and  the  small  eccentricity  of  the  lunar 
    orbit make such eclipses much less common than they 
    would  be  otherwise,  but  partial  or  total  eclipses  are 
    actually rather frequent. 
    DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW ECLIPSE
    OCCURS
    WHAT CAUSES AN
    ECLIPSE?

    An eclipse occurs at those times when the Moon 
    moves into a position of direct alignment with the 
    Sun and the Earth. 
    TYPES OF ECLIPSE

    There are two basic types of eclipses –

    3.  Solar Eclipse 
    4. Lunar Eclipse
    SOLAR ECLIPSE
    A solar eclipse occurs when The Moon lies between 
    the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow on our planet. 
    This only happens with a New Moon. 
    TYPES OF SOLAR ECLIPSES
    • 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. 
    HOW DOES A SOLAR
    ECLIPSE HAPPEN?
    Solar eclipses are an accident of nature. They are so spectacular   because 
    the Moon and the Sun appear almost the same size. In reality the Sun is 
    much further away then the Moon, but much larger. 
    The Moon orbits the Earth once a month, and eclipses happen if it lines up 
    exactly with the Earth and the Sun.  Solar eclipses occur at New Moon, 
    when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun. Lunar eclipses occur at Full 
    Moon, when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon. Eclipses do not take 
    place every month because the orbits of the Moon and Earth are tilted at 
    an angle. Most of the time, the line- up is not precise enough for an 
    eclipse. However, there are more eclipses than people are generally aware 
    of: 
        There are at least two eclipses of the Sun each year, though most are 
    partial. 
        There are at least two eclipses of the Moon each year, though a 
    proportion of these are only penumbral, when the Moon is not seen to 
    darken by very much. 
    LUNAR ECLIPSE
    A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lies between the Sun and 
    Moon, so that the Earth’s shadow darkens the Moon. This only 
    happens with a Full Moon.
    HOW DOES LUNAR ECLIPSE
    OCCUR?
    "During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth blocks the Sun's light from
    reaching the Moon. Astronauts on the Moon would then see the Earth
    eclipsing the Sun. (They would see a bright red ring around the Earth as
    they watched all the sunrises and sunsets happening simultaneously
    around the world!) While the Moon remains completely within Earth's
    umbra shadow, indirect sunlight still manages to reach and illuminate it.
    However, this sunlight must first pass deep through the Earth's
    atmosphere which filters out most of the blue colored light. The remaining
    light is a deep red or orange in color and is much dimmer than pure white
    sunlight. Earth's atmosphere also bends or refracts some of this light so
    that a small fraction of it can reach and illuminate the Moon."
    The  Moon  is  not  normally  completely  dark  during  an 
    eclipse  because  some  sunlight  is  scattered  towards  the 
    Moon by Earth's atmosphere. Usually, the Moon appears a 
    deep  coppery-orange  colour  even  during  totality. 
    However, the colour and brightness are variable from one 
    eclipse  to  another.  They  depend  on  factors  such  as  the 
    amount  of  volcanic  dust  and  cloud  in  the  atmosphere  at 
    the time. 
    TYPES OF LUNAR ECLIPSES
    • Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
    The Moon passes through Earth's penumbral shadow. 
    These events are of only academic interest since they are subtle 
    and quite difficult to observe.
    2. Partial Lunar Eclipse
    A portion of the Moon passes through Earth's umbra shadow. 
    These events are easy to see, even with the unaided eye. 
    3. Total Lunar Eclipse 
    The entire Moon passes through Earth's umbral shadow. 
    These events are quite striking for the vibrant range of colors 
    the Moon can take on during the total phase (i.e. - totality). 
    ANNULAR ECLIPSE
    The distances between Earth and the Sun and Moon vary slightly, 
    so  their  apparent  sizes  very  a  little  too.
    Sometimes  an  eclipse  occurs  that  would  be  total  except  that  the 
    Moon  looks  too  small  to  cover  the  whole  Sun.
    The  result  is  an  annular  eclipse,  where  a  bright  ring  of  the  Sun 
    stays  visible.  Annular  means  ring-shaped.  The
    corona  cannot  be  seen  during  an  annular  eclipse  because  even  a 
    thin ring of the Sun makes the sky too bright. 
    THE LONGEST ECLIPSES

    Some total solar eclipses are long and some are short. 
    Following are some of the longest eclipses ever occurred: 
         The longest possible duration of totality is 7 minutes 31 
    seconds. 
         The longest solar eclipse of the 20th century was on 30 
    June 1973. 
         The most recent 'long' eclipse was on 11 July 1991 (6 m 
    54 s). 
         The next 'long' eclipse is on 22 July 2009 (6 m 40 s). 
    PREPARED BY:

    Smt. Gurbrinder Kaur


    Lect. Geography
    M.Sc. (GEO), M. PHIL. , B.A. (HONS), B.Ed.
    HELPED BY:
    • DAVINDER SINGH
    • KRISHEN
    • SONY
    REFERENCES
    • INTERNET:
    • WWW.ECLIPSE.COM
    • WWW.ANSWERS.COM
    2.TEXT BOOK OF 7TH CLASS
    3.MICROSOFT ENCARTA
    ENCYCLOPEDIA
    GUIDED BY

    DEEPAK CHAWLA
    [M.C.A ]
    (COMPUTER FACULTY)
    TEACHER TRAINER

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