We Can Occasionally See a Total Eclipse of the Sun

question 182

Multiple Choice

We can occasionally see a total eclipse of the Sun on Earth because the

• A) Moon is cooler than the Sun.
• B) angular sizes of Sun and Moon, when viewed from Earth, are almost the same.
• C) Moon and the Sun both move precisely along the ecliptic plane.
• D) physical sizes of the Sun and the Moon are almost the same.

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