(urth) The Apu-Punchau Eclipse

[StoneOx17 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/10/2008 7:43:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
davetallman at msn.com writes:

"I have another possible explanation for  the eclipse. The exact 
dimensions of the Ship aren't given, but could it  really be large enough 
to shadow the Sun and let the stars be seen like  that? It would have to 
be almost as big as the moon. Why couldn't the  eclipse be a normal one, 
caused by the moon?"
 
If the ship were a lot close than the moon, it could be a lot smaller and 
shadow the sun.  If it were 3000 times closer (low earth orbit), it  could
be 3000 times smaller, or only around a mile in diameter.
 
Peter
 



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