Thanks for the clarification. You are absolutely right, in my post above I accidentally used the word "parallel" that caused the confusion. It wouldn't even be

Thanks for the clarification. You are absolutely right, in my post above I accidentally used the word "parallel" that caused the confusion. It wouldn't even be practically possible to use PLATO to observe them. Here's a visual if that's helpful to any reader: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geometric-Probability-for-Proper-Orbital-Alignment-to-See-a-Transit-To-observe-a_fig1_226590554 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geometric-Probability-fo... .