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Without checking the orbital inclinations of all the known planetary satellites, I'll take a rough guess that it's nominally the planet with the most known satellites, which is Jupiter, with at least 63 satellites presently known. If you want to go to the extreme, you might say that each and every stone in the rings of Saturn can certainly pass through the planet's shadow, causing a 'calcular eclipse', and there are billions of those.

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Can you have a eclipse on another planet?

Eclipses of their moons can be observed on any planet that has them. But, interestingly, the spectacular "total solar" eclipses are not possible on any other planet but Earth.


Who stated all planet orbits were eclipses?

Kepler


Is earth the only planet that has eclipses?

Earth is the only known planet with a moon of the right size and distance to entirely block the light of the sun, producing a total solar eclipse. Partial solar eclipses (a moon passing between the sun and the planet it orbits) and lunar eclipses (a moon passing into the shadow of the planet it orbits) are commonplace and not limited to Earth.


An observer on another planet might see eclipses?

It is possible, but the observer wouldn't see the eclipses that we observe from earth's surface. There would certainly not be another planet that offers the perfect total solar eclipses that we enjoy. They are a happy accident of time for us. The moon (which is very slowly moving farther away) is at the perfect distance to give us those magnificent eclipses where the face of the sun is perfectly blocked.


Does Jupiter make eclipse?

If you were on one of Jupiter's moons, you would see frequent eclipses from the giant planet. Eclipses on Earth are caused by the moon.


What can people say about eclipses?

That they happen when one planet moves in front of another.


Why total solar eclipses are much less frequent than partial solar eclipses?

Total solar eclipses are much less frequent because it is much more likely that part of a planet/moon/satellite gets partly in our way of the sun than a planet/moon/satellite gets 100% in our way.


Do planets with moons have eclipses as often as earth?

Planets with moons may indeed have Earth-like eclipses. Eclipses happen when moon orbital plane intersects with planet orbital plane with respect to its star. Eclipses can only happen however if angular diameter of the moon is similar to (or greater than) angular diameter of star as seen from planet's surface, which is quite a rare condition. In the whole Solar System moon-eclipses only happen on Earth.


Why is lunar eclipse seen more frequently?

Lunar eclipses and solar eclipses happen EQUALLY often; about two of each kind per year. However, solar eclipses are visible only across a small path on the Earth, while lunar eclipses are visible from the entire nighttime hemisphere of the planet.


Why do most people think that lunar eclipses occur more often then a solar eclipses?

Most people may think lunar eclipses occur more often because lunar eclipses are visible from a larger geographic area on Earth compared to solar eclipses. Lunar eclipses also last longer and are easier to observe with the naked eye, making them seem more common. However, in reality, both lunar and solar eclipses occur at about the same frequency.


Is an eclipse a planet?

Not really, but perhaps in a way; a lunar eclipse is a SHADOW of a planet, the planet Earth. Eclipses are shadows. A solar eclipse is the Moon's shadow on the Earth; a lunar eclipse is the Earth's shadow on the Moon.


When a planet or one of its satellites casts its shadow on another planet or satellite an event occurs that you call a what?

The effect of a planet or satellite casting a shadow on another is called an eclipse. We see this most often when the earth goes between the moon and the sun. We have solar eclipses where the moon goes between the earth and sun also.