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The length of the umbra cast by a plant from it's parent star can be given by: distance from star / ( ( radius of star / radius of planet ) - 1 ) The length of Earth's umbra therefore varries from about 1.36 million km at perihelion to about 1.4 million km at aphelion. This is just short of the distance of the Earth-Sun Lagrange 2 point (1.5 million km) so satellites posted at this location will generally see a constant annular eclipse of the sun, with the Earth blocking most of it, but not quite all.
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Word origin of umbra penumbra and ant-umbra?
The words penumbra and ant-umbra and umbra all have the same root origin. They originate from the Latin word umbra, which means shade.
How do the umbra and penumbra relate to eclipse?
The umbra is the darker total shadow; the penumbra is the surrounding partial shadow.
A total solar eclipse can only be seen by people in the area of Earth within the Moon's umbra?
Short answer: True. Long answer: not entirely true as follows: The eclipse event as a whole is visible to anyone within either the umbra or the penumbra, however it appears as truly total only to those within the umbra. That is, those who are not in the umbra are seeing an event that will be called a "total eclipse", just not optimally, as it will appear only partial to them.
When a solar eclipse does sunlight penetrate the umbra?
In a solar eclipse, no sunlight penetrates the umbra. This is because the umbra is basically the shadow of the Earth, so in this case, the Earth is receiving the sunlight from the Sun, while both the umbra and moon are in the dark.
Do the people in the umbra only see a partial solar eclipse?
NO they don't. First the Solar Eclipse is on the other side of Umbra. They don't git to see much of it.Because it is usually to dark to see the moon in Umbra.
What shadow is bigger the Moon's umbra or earths umbra?
definitley the earths
What is umbras?
Earths shadow. If you were out in space behind the Earth, with the earth completely blocking out the sun to you, then you would be in Earths Umbra.
What happens when the moon passes entirely into the earths umbra?
"Umbra" means "shadow". When the Moon enters the Earth's shadow, we call that a "total lunar eclipse".
Do people in earths umbra see in a total lunar eclipse?
No, they see night-time. You can see a lunar eclipse (from anywhere) when the MOON is in the earth's umbra.
What happens if only part of the moon moves into earths umbra?
It Rotates, and is called penumbra
What is the Earth's umbra?
The umbra of a moon is the completely shaded, or hidden from light, part of the moon. The penumbra of a moon is the part that is only partially hidden, or shaded from light. The antumbra is completely in the light, and no shadows are cast upon it.
What happens if only the moon moves into the earths umbra?
i'm pretty sure it becomes a lunar eclipes
What is the light colored shadow on the earths surface cast by the moon during a solar eclipse?
The umbra ans penumbra
What is the difference between the umbra and the penumber?
umbra is the shadow and penumbra is the part the umbra is in
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through Earths?
A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon partly passes through the Earth's umbra. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon fully passes through the Earth's umbra. When the Moon only passes through the penumbra, there is only a subtle darkening of its surface. The umbra and the penumbra are parts of the Earth's shadow.
Word origin of umbra penumbra and ant-umbra?
The words penumbra and ant-umbra and umbra all have the same root origin. They originate from the Latin word umbra, which means shade.
What are the two parts of a shadow?
your shadow
