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During a total solar eclipse, the path of totality sweeps across the Earth because the Moon is moving backwards in its orbit the Earth is moving in its orbit the Sun is rotating the Earth is rotating and the Moon is moving in its orbit 

          During a total solar eclipse, the path of totality sweeps across the Earth because
the Moon is moving backwards in its orbit
the Earth is moving in its orbit
the Sun is rotating
the Earth is rotating and the Moon is moving in its orbit
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During a total solar eclipse, the path of totality sweeps across the Earth because the Moon is moving backwards in its orbit the Earth is moving in its orbit the Sun is rotating the Earth is rotating and the Moon is moving in its orbit

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During a total solar eclipse, the path of totality sweeps across the Earth because _____________. A) the Moon is moving backwards in its orbit B) the Earth is moving in its orbit C) the Sun is rotating D)the Earth is rotating and the Moon is moving in its orbit During a total solar eclipse, the path of totality sweeps across the Earth because O the Moon is moving backwards in its orbit O the Earth is moving in its orbit O the Sun is rotating O the Earth is rotating and the Moon is moving in its orbit
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00:01 Hello and welcome so if we have the sun and the earth over here so this is the earth and the moon the earth is in between the sun and the moon so they are going to be there's going to be a shadow cast around the around the moon so this is going to be a lunar eclipse this will result in a lunar eclipse this will result in a eclipse so there…
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