<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Weather of Arabia</strong> - The eclipse of the sun in its various forms: annular, total and partial is considered one of the most impressive heavenly events in which the moon prevents sunlight from reaching the planet. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Is Earth the only planet in our solar system to experience this amazing phenomenon?</strong> </h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The answer is no, as astronomers say solar eclipses can happen on other planets as well, as long as they have moons large enough to cover the Sun’s disk. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> "To get a solar eclipse, the first thing you need is the moon," said Christa van Leerhofen, a colleague and doctor of astronomy at the University of British Columbia in Canada. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mars has two moons - Phobos and Demos - but both are so small that they cannot leave a total eclipse of the sun that can be seen from the Red Planet. Alternatively, these moons can make a partial eclipse. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%... video Watch how different nations deal with the eclipse</a> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> While on the planets of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - they can have a total eclipse of the sun, because they have large moons and the sun appears small to them. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>But what about dwarf planets, like Pluto?</strong> </h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> "Sharon" is the largest satellite of Pluto; It is large enough and close to Pluto to bring about a total eclipse of the Sun in Pluto, but since the same side of Pluto and Sharon always faces each other, the eclipse is only one side of Pluto. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Remember</strong> : Looking directly at the sun, even if partially covered with the moon, can cause serious eye damage or blindness. " <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%8A... more"</a> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Source: <span>Live Science</span></strong> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>
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