... You note that the Earth orbits around the Sun in a counterclockwise direction. ... 7] In one of the eclipses of 1999 the Moon is unable to cover the entire Sun. ... If an object were to be placed in the Earth orbit but with no velocity relative to the Sun, it would fall sunward. ... You may assume that the width of the Earth is 3.5 times that of the Moon (see problem 15), that the Moon is 60 Earth radii from the center of Earth and that, as seen from Earth, it is equal in size to the Sun. ...