Solar and lunar eclipse

Article no. P9600300

medium
Pupils
grades 5-7
10 Minutes
10 Minutes

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Student set Sun, earth and moon, TESS beginner Sciences

Article no. 15249-88 | Type: Set

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Principle

How do solar and lunar eclipses occur?

The moon rotates around the earth. If the moon is at a "suitable distance" between the earth and the sun, it "blocks" the light rays from the sun. This creates a shadow on earth. Thus a so-called solar eclipse develops. If the earth is now at a suitable distance between the sun and the moon, a lunar eclipse occurs. The earth blocks the light rays coming from the sun. This causes the earth to cast a shadow on the moon.

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