Starship Asterisk*

ckam , thanks for the fine graphic, a nice perspective. My thoughts go a little further than that and involves XOplanets too. If Jupiter is about the size of some known XOplanets, and had an inferior orbit, how big would it appear in our sky and in transit across the sun and how fast would it travel...

I recently sent an idea to APOD, Mr. Nemiroff, (see below) and he has responded with a suggestion to post it here to see if there is an interested artist to create it. Good luck on the mission , if you choose to accept it , and I hope to see your work on APOD soon. Ron ...................... Ron Bur...