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Last post 03-21-2008 2:13 PM by Christina Cohen. 1 replies.
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  • 03-21-2008 12:22 PM

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    Erin (LM) Hi, Would earth be the only planet in our solar system, that you could see a "total" solar eclipse of the Sun from? thanks
  • 03-21-2008 2:13 PM In reply to

    Re: eclipse

     Hi Erin,

     

    Actually Earth isn't the only planet where you could see a total eclipse of the Sun.  Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all have moons big enough to block out the Sun and give a total eclipse.  I'm not sure if the disks of the moons would be the same size as the solar disk on these planets though.  My hunch is that they would be bigger and so you wouldn't get the really nice display of the solar corona that we see during a total solar eclipse on Earth.  Pluto's moon Charon is definitely much larger than the size of the solar disk seen from Pluto.  

     

    Best,

    Christina

     

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