From what I heard, there is a Chinese mission to map the moon in the next
few years.  This should prove it one way or the other.  I believe it's not
possible to see any evidence from the earth.

Martin

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Giles Honeycutt
Sent: 05 September 2001 03:42
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT]: Moon landings hoaxes ?


Brandon,
So, from what you are saying, a telescope can not make out a 1 meter object
on the moon?  I guess I will quit looking through my 15X :)

Also, if you are talking about the Hubble, does it get close to the moon
from time to time?

Does anyone know the max magnification from the Earth's surface?  I would
think their would be a limitation due to air.

Best regards,
Giles




>I've been wondering that too. Since you mentioned it I decided to break
>out my trusty calculator and try some numbers.
>
>Assuming we can get by with 1 meter resolution (the lander would only be
>a few pixels across, but this is just for discussion), and the moon is
>roughly 450,000km away, we'd need a telescope with a resolution of 2 *
>tan (0.05/450,000,000) = 3.878 x 10^-11 degrees per pixel, which is 1.39
>x 10^-7 arcseconds per pixel.
>
>Hubble's resolution after upgrades is 0.05 arcsecond. Thats about
>360,000 times to low. I'm not sure how HST stacks up against other
>telescopes.
>
>Can somebody check my math? I didn't think it would turn out this bad.
>



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