Astronomy GCSE

2.3 Eclipses

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Moon's Diameter:    3,500 km
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Sun's Diameter: 1,400,000 km
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Therefore, the Sun is 400x larger than the moon...

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Distance to the Moon:    380,000 km
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Distance to the Sun: 150,000,000 km
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But the Sun is 400x further away!