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The Moon appears to have approximately the same size as the [[Sun]] when viewed from Earth. This creates a unique symmetry and phenomenal [[solar eclipse|solar eclipses]].
The Moon appears to have approximately the same size as the [[Sun]] when viewed from Earth. This creates a unique symmetry and phenomenal [[solar eclipse|solar eclipses]].
The Moon is just far enough away from the Earth to appear the same size of the Sun.
The Moon is just far enough away from the Earth to appear the same size of the Sun. In precise terms, the ratio of the apparent diameter of the Moon to that of the Sun is on average 0.97<ref>http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/35/astrodesign.html</ref> with a variation (due almost entirely to the [[orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of the Moon's orbit) of roughly ±0.05<ref>http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/moon_ap_per.html</ref>. The [[Probability|theoretical probability]] of this occurring by chance is nearly zero.
The odds of this occurring by chance are nearly zero.
Of the known satellites in the [[Solar System]], only three others exhibit the phenomenon of being close in apparent size to the Sun when viewed from their parent planet. These are [[Saturn]]'s moons Prometheus and Epimetheus (with average diameter ratios of 1.03 and 0.95) and [[Uranus]]'s Cordelia (1.08)<ref>http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/35/astrodesign.html</ref>. Given the figure of approximately 170 known planetary satellites in the Solar System (though the figure regularly increases with new discoveries), this gives as an [[Probability|empirical probability]] for the phenomenon of 3/170 or 1.8%, which is not inconsistent with the theoretical figure.
It should be noted, however, that by virtue of the planets' distance form the Sun, these eclipses would appear very small in the sky, and would be nothing like as spectacular as a total solar eclipse on Earth.
===Rotation and revolution===
===Rotation and revolution===