Panel #1 (Title)
• This is Outer Space Pals #12. In this episode, we continue to investigate shadows of celestial objects.
Panel #2
• During each orbit, the Moon's distance from Earth is always changing. At its closest (perigee), the Moon is 12 percent nearer to Earth than when it's farthest away (apogee).
Panel #3
• In this panel, we start by seeing Clyde on the left side. Just to the right, he's twice as far away, so his diameter is one-half of the "Clyde" to the left. Move right again, and that "Clyde" is three times as far away as the one on the left, so he appears one-third as big. (The "Clyde" all the way to the right, by the way, is one-seventh as large as the first "Clyde." So, he must be seven times as far away.
Panel #4
• In this panel, even though the Moon's shadow doesn't quite reach Earth, it is directly between our planet and the Sun. Therefore, we would see a dark disk covering a large percentage of the Sun. We'll talk about this more in a future episode.
Panel #5
• When the Moon is directly between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon's shadow reaches the ground, anyone under that shadow will experience a total solar eclipse. Actually, it's a bit more complicated than this, and we will get into it in coming episodes.
