What determines when we have an eclipse?
Music: Witch Waltz by Dorian Kelly
Complete transcript available.
Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.
Why are eclipses rare? The moon's orbit is tilted. Sometimes the moon's shadow is too high above the Earth. Sometimes it is too low. Other times, it is just right.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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- Lisa Poje (USRA)
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- Genna Duberstein (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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- Genna Duberstein (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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