posted on Jan, 19 2010 @ 03:14 AM
To have a solar eclipse, you would need a planet with a moon, that orbited a sun, and the moon would have to orbit in roughly the same 'plane' as
the planet, so that it could line up with the star and planet. I'm not sure if you could physically have a situation where the moon never passed
between star and planet, but theoretically I don't see why not. Virtually all the moons in our solar system orbit in about the same plane as the
planets, probably because of the way the solar system was initially formed.
Another planet might have more or less eclipses than earth, depending on the variables. For instance, a planet close to a star with a ton of moons
that orbit quickly around the planet, and are in exactly the same orbital plane would have more eclipses than Earth.
Depending on star size, moon size, and distance from star to planet, the eclipse might not even be noticeable, or it might completely block the sun.
It will depend on how far the sun and moon are from the planet, and the size of the sun and the moon. It will last a different amount of time, too,
depending on these things and the speed the moon and planet orbit, and the speed the planet rotates.