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Scientist on Alpha Centauri have built a very large telescope. While observing the planets surrounding "Sol," they observe the short term darkening of a planet they named earth. They surmise that a moon passed in front of the planet. How would they calculate the relative size of the moon to the planet?Here is the very cool picture of the moon transiting the earth that I promised: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0809/epoxi4panel800.jpg
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