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Do the other Solar System planets also experience total and partial solar eclipses like the ones we witness on Earth?<\/strong><\/p>\n The answer is yes: solar eclipses frequently happen throughout the Solar System. A solar eclipse requires only that a heavenly body such as a moon passes directly between the planet and the Sun, blocking out the light completely or partially.<\/p>\n On Earth, partial solar eclipses happen 2-5 times a year, while total solar eclipses, in which the Moon blocks all sunlight, occur about once every 18 months. In order for a solar eclipse to be total, the angular size of the body blocking out the sunlight must be the same or larger than that of the Sun.<\/p>\n Australia is entering a busy eclipse schedule, with five due between now and 2038.<\/p>\n A total solar eclipse due on 8 April this year will clip only the North West Cape in Western Australia, but on 22 July 2028 a total solar eclipse will be visible across most of Australia.<\/p>\n In 2004, the Hubble space telescope captured the shadows of three solar eclipses on Jupiter, caused by the big moons of Callisto, Ganymede and Io. [Image: NASA, ESA, & E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Saturn\u2019s moon Epimetheus can cause solar eclipses on the gas giant, but a total eclipse can be observed only from a location in the clouds above Saturn. [Image: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/Space Science Institute]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n OTHER STORIES:<\/p>\n Unreal nature \u2013 AI images blur boundaries<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"NASA,](\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ILL_Har-andre-planeter-solformoerkelser-jupiter.jpeg\")
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