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Article #4083Re: Transits of Planets
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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1986 08:27
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1986 08:27
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Organization : California Institute of Technology
Keywords: Transits
From: jon@oddhack.Caltech.Edu (Jon Leech)
Path: oddhack!jon
In article <13@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM> freeman@spar.UUCP (Jay Freeman) writes:
>
> Each planet should see transits of all planets inferior to itself. Proof:
>The orbital planes of every pair of planets necessarily intersect in at least a
>line. By happenstance, sooner or later both planets will both be on the same
>side of the Sun, "on" that line. At that time, the superior planet will see
>a transit of the inferior.
>
It seems to me that with the right sort of resonant orbits
this would not always be true (nitpicking admittedly). I'd be interested
in hearing more about this from someone better informed.
-- Jon Leech (jon@csvax.caltech.edu || ...seismo!cit-vax!jon)
Caltech Computer Science Graphics Group
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!news From: news@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Usenet netnews) Newsgroups: sci.astro Subject: Re: Transits of Planets Message-ID: <1183@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Sat, 15-Nov-86 03:27:18 EST Article-I.D.: cit-vax.1183 Posted: Sat Nov 15 03:27:18 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Nov-86 23:52:59 EST References: <1240@ncr-sd.UUCP> <13@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM> Reply-To: jon@cit-vax.UUCP (Jon Leech) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 20