Distance from earth to sun is 47 feet. I do not know how to go about getting the distance the soccer ball(moon) needs to be from the me(earth) to create a eclipse. By eclipse I mean just so the Soccer ball(moon) would seem to be the same size as the sun when put in the right spot.
Responses (1)
Sun to Earth = 93 million miles scaled to 46.5 feet = 2 million miles per foot
Earth to moon = 0.148 million miles scaled to 0.888 inch
Diameter of Earth = 0.008 million miles scaled to 0.048 inch
You are into some awfully small numbers here and we haven't even considered the umbra. Watch this flick and think about what you are trying to do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3Igc3Rhfg