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What is umbra and penumbra

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What is umbra and penumbra
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Atharv Mishra 3 years, 9 months ago

When an opaque object is placed between an extended source of light and a screen, we obtain, on the screen, a shadow consisting of two parts, an inner part which is perfectly dark and called Umbra and an outer part called Penumbra which is partly illuminated.

Suryansh Kumar 3 years, 9 months ago

During an eclipse, two shadows are cast. The first is called the umbra (UM bruh). ... It is the dark center of the eclipse shadow. The second shadow is called the penumbra (pe NUM bruh). The penumbra gets larger as it goes away from the sun.
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