Re: Number of low eccentricity distant planets

On 1 m=E4rts, 00:40, Erik Max Francis <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Crown-Horned Snorkack wrote:
> > If the velocity is large but the changes of the velocity over the
> > period of observations are small, then acceleration is small - and you
> > cannot observe the planet.
>
> Change in velocity is still what is being observed, not acceleration.
> Yes, obviously, if the _change in velocity_ is small, then it can't be
> observed.  But the acceleration itself is never what is being observed,
> regardless of whether it is large or small.  Massively large
> accelerations cannot be detected if they result in small total changes
> in velocity.  You were attempting to nitpick something that was not
> wrong, and are now waving your arms about to justify it.
>
No. I was pointing out that a large total velocity is not sufficient
for observation.