Re: Star-occulting sensors

On 2008-03-01, Crown-Horned Snorkack <chornedsnorkack@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> For a pair of sensors 100 m away from each other, they are very
> different. Since the stars are infinitely far away, the shadow is
> about as big as the object that casts it.

They're a long way away, but not infinitely far away.  For example, a
Sun-sized star at 1000 light years subtends an angle of 1.5*10^-10
radians.  A 10m object at 1 AU subtends an angle of 6.7*10^-11
radians, and hence cannot completely eclipse the star.


- Tim