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What causes a solar eclipse? How often do they occur?

Answer 1

When Sun, Moon and Earth comes in a straight line Moon covers the Sun for viewers on particular .location of Earth

So persons on the Area called umbra gets total eclipse.The area known as penumbra there will be partial,.l eclipse.
Soar eclipse happens on new moon nights.Two solar eclipses occur every year never more than five

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Answer 2

Piper Hoffman

A total solar eclipse usually happens only once every few hundred years in any given location, but solar eclipses generally happen two to five times a year when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, blocking the sunlight and casting a shadow on the surface of the planet.

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