Image: Sun and Moon, as taken by the STEREO-B spacecraft on February 25, 2007

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Sun, as taken by the STEREO-B spacecraft on February 25, 2007. Because the satellite is in an Earth-trailing orbit and is further from the Moon than the Earth is, the Moon appears smaller than the Sun.



Source: Phillips, T. (2007). "Stereo Eclipse". Science@NASA. NASA. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/12mar_stereoeclipse.... Retrieved 2008-06-19.
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Topic: 1.2.a Solar Missions

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