Solar Eclipse

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  1. 2. moon / the phenomenon whereby the moon in total eclipse appears reddish in color as it is illuminated by sunlight filtered and refracted by the earth's atmosphere
  2. 5. / An elliptical orbit is the revolving of one object around another in an oval-shaped path called an ellipse. The planets in the solar system orbit the sun in elliptical orbits
  3. 6. / the shadow cast by the earth or the moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse
  4. 9. / the dark central part of a sunspot
  5. 10. eclipse / an eclipse of a celestial body in which only part of the luminary is obscured or darkened
  6. 13. / the moment or duration of total obscuration of the sun or moon during an eclipse
  7. 14. bands / looks like snakes on the ground
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  1. 1. solar eclipse / an eclipse of the sun in which the moon completely hides the solar surface or photosphere and thereby cuts off all direct rays of sunlight from the observer
  2. 3. beads / the row of brilliant points of sunlight shining through valleys on the edge of the moon that is seen for a few seconds just before and after the central phase of an eclipse of the sun
  3. 4. ring / looks like a diamond ring
  4. 7. eclipse / an eclipse of the sun in which the edge of the sun remains visible as a bright ring around the moon
  5. 8. / a crown or crown-like structure
  6. 11. eclipse / an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow
  7. 12. eclipse / A solar eclipse in which the Moon's umbral and ant-umbral shadows traverse Earth
  8. 14. eclipse / an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the Moon