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Re: Earth's shadow

From: John Mallinckrodt <ajm@CSUPOMONA.EDU>

Nevertheless, showing that the Earth's shadow tapers at *nearly* the
same rate as the Moon's is a pretty simple exercise in geometry. The

I'd be interested in seeing the proof.


Cheers,
Joe Heafner - Instructional Astronomy and Physics
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