We can occasionally see a total eclipse of the Sun on Earth because the:
A) Moon is cooler than the Sun.
B) angular sizes of the Sun and the Moon, when viewed from Earth, are almost the same.
C) Moon and the Sun both move precisely along the ecliptic plane.
D) physical sizes of the Sun and the Moon are almost the same.
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