[aruanan]

Perhaps it would soothe your ruffled feathers if I suggest people can predict eclipses from a dynamical model as RWP pointed out, but they can also predict them by categorization (e.g. "almanacs" ?) :-)

You overlooked the point of my original comment. "Categorization" is the observational data from which models are derived, something I never disputed.

[grey_whiskers]

You overlooked the point of my original comment.

I tend to do that when surfing the threads when they have reached "brown dwarf" stage--not as much heat and light as earlier, but still a lot of pressure.

My fault entirely, and I apologize.

Cheers!