What Is the Saros Cycle

question 131

Multiple Choice

What is the saros cycle?

• A)the 26,000-year cycle of the Earth's precession
• B)the roughly 18-year cycle over which the pattern of eclipses repeats
• C)the roughly one-month cycle of lunar phases in the sky
• D)the annual cycle of the seasons

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