Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2008, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 151-155.

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Basic Laws of the Solar and Lunar Eclipses

ZHAO Jun-liang   

  1. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200030,China
  • Received:2008-03-21 Revised:2008-04-20 Online:2008-06-20 Published:2008-06-20
  • Contact: ZHAO Jun-liang

Abstract: There are some basic laws,on which the happening of the solar or lunar eclipses are dependent and their accurate predictions over a very long period of time can be made by astronomers.

Key words: solar eclipse,lunar eclipse,Saros cycle