What Is the Saros Cycle

question 52

Multiple Choice

What is the Saros cycle?

• A)the pattern of repetition of solar and lunar eclipses
• B)the time between annular eclipses at a particular location
• C)the number of full Moons in a year
• D)the pattern of events that happen in a single eclipse

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