Transiting the Sun

[KrazyHorse]

Yeah, I misremembered, the 13 in the post with the 11 was his 5*2.59 total obscured for the year, not total transit time.

Still, a 30% error is nothing in Astronomy.

In solar system orbital mechanics it is...

[Lorizael]

Thanks for the math, KH.

A final question from me: How do you arrive at the transits occurring every 73 days? If I can derive that myself, I can play around with the object's size and period to get the results I want.

[KrazyHorse]

That's ok, I'm sure when you apologise to perfection he'll be good about it.

[KrazyHorse]

Thanks for the math, KH.

A final question from me: How do you arrive at the transits occurring every 73 days? If I can derive that myself, I can play around with the object's size and period to get the results I want.

6 revs per annum - 1 rev per annum

[Lorizael]

Well I feel like an idiot.

[Perfection]

I buy that KH's ratio equation is correct.

perfie's ratio between the two is wrong, which is how I knew that either one or the other (or both) was wrong...

And of course you didn't express that just to be a dickbag.

[KrazyHorse]

Duh...

[MikeH]

Well I feel like an idiot.

Perfection basically said that in the first reply...

[Lorizael]

Hence me feeling like an idiot.

[KrazyHorse]

BTW, perfie, you may want to reconsider blustering against me instead of reconsidering your answer next time...

[MikeH]

You could just say something like "the transit ratio is wrong" in the first place instead of being a dickbag, you dickbag.

[KrazyHorse]

Where's the fun in that?

[Lorizael]

I could totally write a program to model this. Think how much time I could waste then!

[giblets]

6 revs per annum - 1 rev per annum

Does it matter if they revolve around the sun in the same direction?

[The Mad Monk]

x-of course it does!

Model KH being a dickbag?