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minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·1 year agoTechnically it would be fine for the moon to be bigger or closer and you’d still get a total eclipse.
minus-squareGabu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoSure, but if the moon was much bigger you wouldn’t be able to see the Sun’s corona. Also, life as we know it wouldn’t be possible, but that’s neither here nor there.
Technically it would be fine for the moon to be bigger or closer and you’d still get a total eclipse.
Sure, but if the moon was much bigger you wouldn’t be able to see the Sun’s corona. Also, life as we know it wouldn’t be possible, but that’s neither here nor there.