Quantum total eclipse of the sun?

[mahonskey]

TL;DR

Hypothetical: If light were instantaneous, how far from earth would the sun have to be to cause a quark orbiting in place of the moon to result in a total solar eclipse?

This might be total nonsense, but the thought popped into my head while I was trying to get to sleep, so I thought I see if I could find any advanced help with the following hypothetical:

If light were instantaneous, how far from Earth would the sun have to be to cause a quark orbiting in place of the moon to result in a total solar eclipse?

 

[PeterDonis]

If light were instantaneous

It isn't, so your question is unanswerable. There's no point in asking what the laws of physics say about a scenario that violates the laws of physics.

 

[PeterDonis]

how far from Earth would the sun have to be to cause a quark orbiting in place of the moon to result in a total solar eclipse?

This question is unanswerable because, first, quarks can't exist in isolation, and second, quarks don't have a well-defined size.

 

[PeterDonis]

Since the OP questions are unanswerable, this thread is closed.