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This tag should be used when asking questions about solar or lunar eclipses in our world or in a fictional world.

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What would an eclipse with a translucent crystal moon look like?

This will actually look remarkably like a total eclipse on Earth. Since the crystal the moon is made out of presumably has a refractive index greater than one (quartz is 1.46, sapphire 1.77 and diamon …
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Is there a way to find the dates that a solar eclipse happens while Ceres is in alignment wi...

While you have the hard-science tag on this question, the answer is "Earth cannot shield Ceres from a CME." Earth is not nearly large enough to do the job: if it ever transits the Sun as seen from Cer …
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