File talk:Great conjunction separations.svg

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Formula source

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Hi Eric Kvaalen! Do you have a source for the approximation formula? I cannot find it in the source given ([1]), which seems to include nothing about the expected distribution. Thanks! Renerpho (talk) 22:13, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Renerpho: Hi! That's a formula I figured out myself. If you would like, I can explain it to you. We communicated by e-mail back in September, by the way. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 12:27, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Eric Kvaalen: We did! Could you add a derivation of the formula on the file page, to address the WP:OR and WP:VERIFY issues that arise from using a self-derived formula in such a prominent way? Right now the page looks as if that formula was verified by the source you give, which is not correct. Why the strange jump at just above Δ=70? Shouldn't it be equal to 100% at Δ=75.07? Renerpho (talk) 02:50, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have edited the description to make it more clear that the formula is not from the reference, and corrected the high portion of the graph. I answered the request for a derivation by e-mail. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 09:25, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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