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> A space shade shades more area as it moves further away from the Earth. The moon can eclipse the sun in its entirety. Mercury is larger, yet barely visible
by colanderman 6y ago
> A space shade shades more area as it moves further away from the Earth.
The moon can eclipse the sun in its entirety.
Mercury is larger, yet barely visible with a telescope when it transits the sun.
I think the opposite of what you said is true.
(What you said I believe is correct in the case that the sun is much smaller than the Earth.)
- dumbfoundded 6y agoYes, it's a essentially a cone with the point at Earth. The circular cross sections only get bigger as you move towards the sun. Only reason it works with the moon is b/c it's 400x smaller and 400x closer. Cool fact is that won't happen forever, the moon's orbit is slowly increasing.