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Khan Academy: Solar and Lunar Eclipses

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This video answers the following questions: Why don't we have a solar eclipse every new moon (every time the Moon is between the Earth and Sun)? Why don't we have a lunar eclipse every time the Earth is between the Sun and Moon? [5:31]

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Concepts
penumbra, lunar eclipse
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ecliptic, umbra, earth's orbit, khan academy, khan academy: solar and lunar eclipses, moon's orbit, new moon, solar eclipse
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional