What Is the Saros Cycle

question 85

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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