The diameter of sun is several hundred times bugger than the moon, still at the time of solar eclips, the entire sun is covered by the moon. How ?
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This is because distance of the sum from earth is `1000` times greater than the distance of the moon from earth. At the time of solar eclipse, moon comes between sun and earth. The angles subtended by the sun and the moon at the eye are nearly equal.
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