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Glossar-Begriff: Umbra

Auch bekannt als Umbra

Beschreibung: Im Zusammenhang mit Finsternissen ist der Kernschatten (Umbra) der Bereich des Weltraums, in dem ein Beobachter sieht, dass der eine Körper das Licht des anderen vollständig verdeckt. Bei einer Sonnenfinsternis zum Beispiel sieht ein Beobachter im Kernschatten, dass die Sonnenscheibe vollständig von der Mondscheibe verdeckt wird. Ein Beobachter, der sich im Halbschatten (Penumbra) befindet, sieht dagegen nur eine partielle Verfinsterung; im Falle einer Sonnenfinsternis wird die Sonnenscheibe nur teilweise vom Mond verdeckt. Wenn für einen Beobachter das bedeckende Objekt zu klein erscheint, um das dahinter liegende Objekt vollständig zu verdecken befindet sich der Beobachter in der sogenannten Antumbra. Das ist bei einer partiellen Sonnenfinsternis der Fall.

Alternative Bedeutung von Umbra: Der innere, dunklere Bereich eines Sonnenflecks wird als Umbra bezeichnet, der umgebende weniger dunkle Bereich als Penumbra.

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The Moon lies between the Sun and Earth casts a small shadow and large partial shadow

Total Solar Eclipse

Unterschrift: This not to scale diagram shows what happens during a total solar eclipse. The Moon orbits the Earth, but its orbit is slightly tilted with respect to the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. During the new moon lunar phase, the Moon lies between the Earth and the Sun, but due to the Moon’s tilted orbit around the Earth, the Moon normally lies above or below the Sun at this point. However twice a year the Moon’s orbit lines up in such a way that the Moon can lie in a direct line between the Earth and Sun. During this time a solar eclipse can occur. The Moon is about 400 times smaller than the Sun, but is 400 times closer to the Earth than the Sun. Hence the Sun and Moon have approximately the same angular size when viewed from the Earth. This means that it is possible for the Moon to completely cover the Sun when viewed from Earth. This is known as a total solar eclipse. Here we see a schematic of such and eclipse. The Moon casts a shadow on the Earth known as the umbra. This is a roughly circular shadow a few hundred kilometres across. Any region within the umbra will see the Moon completely cover the Sun and thus will experience a total solar eclipse. Outside of the umbra there are regions where the Moon will cover part of the Sun. This partial shadow is known as the penumbra. Regions in the penumbra will experience a partial solar eclipse. An eclipse is a dynamic event with the Moon moving in its orbit and the Earth rotating. Hence the umbra and penumbra move across the Earth’s surface. The path the umbra takes across the Earth is known as the path of totality. Let’s consider one particular region that lies in the path of totality. Except in rare cases where an eclipse begins at sunrise, a region that experiences totality will first see the Moon cover part of the Sun and gradually move across Sun until it is totally covered. From outside the Earth this would appear as the penumbra moving over this particular region followed by the umbra moving over this region. Once the Moon moves so that it no longer completely covers the Sun, totality ends and the umbra moves away from this particular region. The Moon will continue to uncover the Sun until (unless the Sun sets before the end of the eclipse) the Sun is completely uncovered. From outside the Earth this would appear as the umbra moving away from our particular region and the edge of the penumbra approaching and eventually passing over the region. Outside of the path or totality there is a much broader region that will lie in the penumbra but will be missed by the umbra. Such regions will not experience a total solar eclipse during this event, only a partial solar eclipse.
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