Know the 4 types of solar eclipses and their process

KOMPAS.com – Solar eclipse is one of the natural phenomena that always attracts people’s attention.

Even before solar eclipse had become a phenomenon feared by humans, currently the presence of a solar eclipse phenomenon is eagerly awaited by the public.

Here are some things you need to know about a solar eclipse.

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Solar eclipse occurs when the moon covers part or all of the sunlight.

Even though the moon is smaller than the sun, it can cover the sun because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun.

When the earth, moon, and sun align, the moon’s shadow falls on the earth covering the sun.

The shadow of the moon that falls on the surface of the earth has two parts, namely the core image (umbra) and the additional image (penumbra).

The inhabitants of the earth who are crossed by the umbra region will not see the sun, because all sources of its light are covered by the moon.

Those in the area where the penumbra passes, can still see some sunlight.

Types of solar eclipses

Solar eclipses usually do not just happen, but occur with several differences, because they have many types. The following types of solar eclipses:

Total solar eclipse (GMT) is one of the rare celestial phenomena. So, presence total solar eclipse always considered special.

When this eclipse occurs, the sun’s 864,000 miles in diameter is completely 400 times larger than Earth’s satellite, the Moon, which measures only about 2,160 miles.

But the moon also happens to be about 400 times closer to Earth than the sun, the ratio varies due to the two elliptical orbits.

As a result, when the orbital planes intersect and their distances are parallel, the new moon can be completely visible, closing off the solar disk.

As reported by Kompas.com, Monday (14/12/2020), the total solar eclipse phenomenon occurs depending on the distance between the three objects, namely the Earth, moving in an elliptical orbit around the Sun, and the Moon moving in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, so the distance between objects -This celestial object is changing.

When the Sun is closest to Earth, and the Moon is approaching the farthest distance, in the sky the Moon will appear smaller than the Sun.

Although called a rare phenomenon, an average total solar eclipse can occur every 18 months or about a year to two years, occurring somewhere on the Earth’s surface.

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In contrast to a total solar eclipse, ring solar eclipse (GMC) tends to be the most frequent or more common.

As reported by Kompas.com, last June 6, 2020, a ring solar eclipse occurred when the Sun, Moon and Earth were exactly aligned and at that time the disc of the Moon that was observed from Earth was smaller than the disc of the Sun.

“As a result, when the peak of the eclipse occurs, the Sun will appear like a ring, which is dark in the middle and bright at the edges,” quoted from the official website of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

When this solar eclipse occurs, the condition of brightness or light during the day decreases dramatically, causing a dark atmosphere, as if it were at night.

There are two kinds of lunar shadows that are formed when this ring solar eclipse occurs, namely the antumbra and the penumbra.

In the area where the antumbra passes, the observed solar eclipse will be Ring Solar Eclipse.

Meanwhile, in areas that receive a penumbra, the observed eclipse phenomenon is in the form of a partial solar eclipse.

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3. Partial solar eclipse (GMS)

As said earlier, partial solar eclipses also tend to appear when a ring solar eclipse occurs.

However, in simple terms a partial solar eclipse occurs when a solar eclipse is at its peak.

When a solar eclipse has its peak, the solar disc is only partially closed and this is called GMS.

The fourth type of solar eclipse is a hybrid solar eclipse (GMH).

This hybrid solar eclipse tends to occur only in certain parts of the earth.

This eclipse appears as a total solar eclipse, but at another point appears as a ring eclipse.

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