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Well, if the illumination was from the radio telescope, then the moon would be hidden behind the parent asteroid when it is eclipsed. We would not see it go dar
by devrandomguy 9y ago
Well, if the illumination was from the radio telescope, then the moon would be hidden behind the parent asteroid when it is eclipsed. We would not see it go dark, it would just be obscured.
- azernik 9y agoThat's just an artifact of the visualization; the point of view is above the north pole of Florence, which points decidedly away from Earth (probably +/- a few degrees from normal to the plane of the ecliptic).