Thread: why is only a small area of the earth covered during a solar eclipse?
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Old 02-14-2008, 08:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
Jonathan S
 
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Because the distance between the moon and the earth and the size of the moon causes the shadow of the moon to be that small on the earth's surface.
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