Analyzing Eclipses through Data
What does our data tell us?
- Solar eclipses have a shorter duration time
- Lunar Eclipses last longer than solar eclipses
- A lunar eclipse happens 2 weeks before/after a solar eclipse.
- Two types of eclipses are partial and total eclipses.
- The Solar Eclipses are about 6 months apart
- Lunar Eclipses are about 6 or 7 months apart
- Solar Eclipse is split up between the partial and total types
- Solar Eclipse happens twice a year
- Lunar Eclipse happens twice a year also
- Solar eclipses are measured in minutes
- Alternates between winter and summer
- They can predict into future solar eclipses
In addition we learned through the examination of these two websites on solar eclipses and lunar eclipses.
- A potion of the moon passes through the penumbral
- The earths atmosphere kind of blocks the sunlight. Red light passes through and the moon appears redder.
