Timeline for By analytical geometry, how to calculate the fraction of the visible area of the Sun at a point during an eclipse?
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| Jun 5, 2023 at 22:42 | comment | added | Pierre Paquette | Ptolemy addressed the issue. You might want to read the Almagest, Book 6. | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 20:56 | answer | added | Connor Garcia♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 17:28 | comment | added | arda güler | @planetmaker My question is about the ratio of solid angles, so I'm asking the projected area (2D). | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 10:59 | comment | added | planetmaker | Do you mean the projected area (2D) or the surface area (3D)? | |
| Jun 5, 2023 at 0:01 | comment | added | PM 2Ring | Some of the geometry you need can be found in this answer of mine: astronomy.stackexchange.com/a/47731/16685 That tells you how to project the spheres to circles. BowlOfRed's link tells you how to get the overlap area. | |
| Jun 4, 2023 at 22:43 | comment | added | BowlOfRed | Might be useful: mathworld.wolfram.com/Circle-CircleIntersection.html | |
| S Jun 4, 2023 at 22:25 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Jun 4, 2023 at 22:25 | history | asked | arda güler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |