Question

What types of solar eclipses will occur in perigee Condition?
A.Total solar eclipse
B.Partial solar eclipse
C.Annular eclipse
D.Both A and B

Answer 1

Hint: As we know that this year the perigee occurred on $7th$ April. The moon is at perigee condition from $3 - 4$ times per year. We need to remember that this year the moon was at $221,772$ miles closest to the earth at perigee condition.

Complete answer:
We know that the solar eclipse in perigee condition is of two types. They were total solar eclipse and partial solar eclipse. Total Solar Eclipse occurs when the New moon comes between the Sun and Earth. During a total solar eclipse the moon casts its shadow on Earth. Total solar eclipse is also called a full solar eclipse. The moon covers the sun completely during a total solar eclipse and it looks like night during the day time. In a partial solar eclipse the moon does not completely cover the solar surface. So some direct rays from the sun fall on the earth’s surface during a partial solar eclipse. The perigee condition occurs when the Moon comes closest to the earth due to its elliptical orbit around Earth. If the moon is at the furthest distance from earth then the condition is called Apogee. In perigee condition the central portion of the shadow is darker and the periphery is light. In the area of the dark shadow on the earth, the sun becomes completely invisible. This is known as a total solar eclipse. At the same time the sun disc appears partially at the places where the shadow is lighter and this is known as partial solar eclipse. On the whole both total solar eclipse and partial solar eclipse are occurring at perigee condition.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: We need to know that the perigee is an unusually close perigee resulting from eviction. Perigee is a derivation from the French. ‘Peri ‘means’ near’ and ‘ge’ means ‘earth’. Perigee theory was first proposed by Apollonius of Perga at the end of $3rd$ century BC.