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SOLAR ECLIPSE An eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon is in a direct line between the sun and the earth, casting some of the earth's surface in its shadow.

 


solar eclipse: when the moon is in a direct line between the earth and the sun, and the sun appears obscured. The moon's shadow will be cast on the earth, making some parts of the earth dark for a short length of time.

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See lunar eclipse or solar eclipse. ECLIPTIC The sun's apparent path across the sky that tracks a circle through the celestial sphere. ECOLOGY The study of the relationships between living organisms and their environment.

F CoronaIn solar-terrestrial terms, of the white-light corona (that is, the corona seen by the eye at a total solar eclipse), that portion which is caused by sunlight scattered or reflected by solid particles (dust) in inter-planetary space.

K AMSCold Air MassK CoronaIn solar-terrestrial terms, of the white-light corona (that is, the corona seen by the eye at a total solar eclipse), ...

coronagraph"An instrument for photographing the corona and prominences of the sun at times other than at solar eclipse. An occulting disk is used to block out the image of the body of the sun in the focal plane of the objective lens.

ECLIPSE The obscuring of one celestial body by another. Related terms: lunar eclipse and solar eclipse
ECLIPTIC The sun's apparent path across the sky that tracks a circle through the celestial sphere.

Related terms: lunar eclipse and solar eclipse
ECLIPTIC
The sun's apparent path across the sky that tracks a circle through the celestial sphere.

Eclipse The partial or total apparent darkening of the sun when the moon comes between the sun and the Earth (solar eclipse), or the darkening of the moon when the full moon is in the Earth's shadow (lunar eclipse).

See also: Temperature, Surface, Atmosphere, Eclipse, Ocean