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solar eclipse
subject			fact

solar eclipse	has definition An eclipse in which the Earth passes through the shadow cast by the Moon. It may be total (observer in the Moon's umbra), partial (observer in the Moon's penumbra), or annular. (See eclipse, annular.)
	is a kind of eclipse
conjunction	has elongation 0°
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence
angle	has unit angle unit
number	has value

Kinds of solar eclipse :

• annular eclipse (3 facts) - A solar eclipse in which the solar disk is never completely covered but is seen as an annulus or ring at maximum eclipse. An annular eclipse occurs when the apparent disk of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun., An eclipse of the Sun in which the Moon is too far from Earth to block out the Sun completely, so that a ring of sunlight appears around the Moon.
• Baily's beads (5 facts) (diamond ring effect) - Small "beads" of sunlight which shine through the valleys on the limb of the Moon in the instant before (or after) totality in a total solar eclipse.
• total solar eclipse (2 facts) - A solar eclipse in which the solar disk is completely covered at maximum eclipse.