<p>I'm aware that our solar system is largely/roughly on a single orbital plane, but haven't other star system's orbital planes been scrambled by billions of years of interaction? </p>

<p>If so - how much chance is there that an exoplanetary system's orbital plane is inclined favourably enough to witness the dimming of a transiting planet across its sun? </p>

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2018-11-28T11:59:40.020Z
This is a fairly standard question. Google helps: www.iiassvietri.it/down/ases_2015/Lectures_notes/Tr_1.pdf
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$P \simeq R/a$.
ProfRob
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Possible duplicate of [A few questions regarding the transit of planets](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/28423/a-few-questions-regarding-the-transit-of-planets)  also https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/166/what-percent-of-planets-are-in-the-position-that-they-could-be-viewed-edge-on-fr?noredirect=1&lq=1
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Orbital plane evolution and planet discovery via transit method
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# Orbital plane evolution and planet discovery via transit method

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-28)

I'm aware that our solar system is largely/roughly on a single orbital plane, but haven't other star system's orbital planes been scrambled by billions of years of interaction?

If so - how much chance is there that an exoplanetary system's orbital plane is inclined favourably enough to witness the dimming of a transiting planet across its sun?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is a fairly standard question. Google helps: www.iiassvietri.it/down/ases_2015/Lectures_notes/Tr_1.pdf  
> **username_2**: $P \simeq R/a$.  
> **username_2**: Possible duplicate of [A few questions regarding the transit of planets](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/28423/a-few-questions-regarding-the-transit-of-planets)  also https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/166/what-percent-of-planets-are-in-the-position-that-they-could-be-viewed-edge-on-fr?noredirect=1&lq=1  

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