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Originally Posted by jtalpur
(29) Which of the following explains the reason why there is no total eclipse of the sun?
a. Size of the earth in relation to that of moon
b. Orbit of moon around earth
c. Direction of rotation of earth around sun
d. Area of the sun covered by the moon
e. None of these
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AOA
Yes, the correct answer is
d. Area of the sun covered by the moon
Because the moon is too small to cover the area of sun.
Quoted from NASA Website
"Were Earth's Moon farther away, no total eclipse would occur at all because the Moon would appear too
small to block out all of the Sun. Were the Moon much closer to the Earth, the eclipse would last much longer."
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap980311.html