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ID: 12534
What determines when we have an eclipse?
Released on June 14, 2017
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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Credits
Lisa Poje
(USRA): Animator
Genna Duberstein
(USRA): Producer
Genna Duberstein
(USRA): Editor
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> Solar Eclipse
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Eclipse
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> Eclipse Plane
SVS >> Umbra
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