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GENERAL SCIENCE 



and it is then said to be eclipsed. In the day time when 

 the moon is close enough so that its shadow reaches the 

 earth, the sun is hidden from view in that area on which 

 the moon's shadow falls, and then the sun is eclipsed. 

 Since the diameter of the moon's shadow where it touches 



ECLIPSES OF SUN AND MOON 



Showing how the sun is eclipsed by the shadow of the moon reaching 

 the earth and how the moon is eclipsed when it passes through the shadow 

 of the earth. 



the earth is small, most of the eclipses of the sun are only 

 partial; occasionally a total eclipse occurs. 



285. The Planets. -- There are other bodies moving 

 around the sun besides our earth. Seven of these bodies 

 and the earth are called planets. Each one of these 

 planets has a name of its own. Two of the planets are 

 closer to the sun than the earth and five of them are 

 farther away. In the order of their distance from the 

 sun they are as follows: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, 

 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The outer ones 



