Multiple Choice
A solar or lunar eclipse may occur when the line of nodes (intersection of orbit planes of the moon around the Earth and the orbit plane of the Earth around the sun)
A) points at the sun.
B) is 90 degrees to the sun's direction.
C) Wrong! The line of intersection is irrelevant.
Correct Answer:
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