Eclipse -  Solar Eclipse



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 Code Number :   8A10.33a?

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Reprinted by permission of Dick Berg, University of Maryland, for use on this website.

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Condition :   Excellent   
Principle :    Lunar and Solar Eclipse
Area of Study :  Solar  
Equipment :   Earth-Moon-Sun Demo, video tapes and 16mm films of Solar Eclipses.
Procedure :   No advanced notice necessary.  Turn the arm until the shadow of the moon is clearly visible on the earth model.  

Several video tapes of Solar eclipses taken by people from the department  are available.

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   References

Jay M. Pasachoff, "Total Solar Eclipse to Sweep Across Americas", TPT, Vol. 35, # 9, Dec. 1997, p. 515. 

Mikolaj Sawicki, "Using the Solar Eclipse to Estimate Earth's Distance from the Moon", TPT, Vol. 34, # 4, Apr. 1996, p. 232.

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., "Pinhole Images of the Eclipsing Sun", TPT, Vol. 32, # 6, Sept. 1994, p. 347.

Gerald F. Wheeler, Larry D. Kirkpatrick, "Eclipse' 79", TPT, Vol. 17, # 7, Oct. 1979, p. 443.

Peggy Dixon, "Junior College Research - Eclipse, 1970", TPT, Vol. 9, # 5, May 1971, p. 276.

 

Janice VanCleave, "Blackout", Janice VanCleave's 203 Ice, Freezing, Frosty, Cool & Wild Experiments, p. 8.

Janice VanCleave, "Shapely", Janice VanCleave's 203 Ice, Freezing, Frosty, Cool & Wild Experiments, p. 73.



Mail Questions and Comments to:  Dale Stille