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So if this probe is bound to venture into the distance range useful for a solar gravitational lensing telescope, why not use it to deploy one? That would really
by aruggirello 7y ago
So if this probe is bound to venture into the distance range useful for a solar gravitational lensing telescope, why not use it to deploy one? That would really be a major breakthrough IMHO.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06351 https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06351
"The minimum distance for a solar lensing telescope is 547 astronomical units (AU). And in reality, proper positioning would likely require the telescope to be placed even farther out — perhaps as far as 2,000 AU or more."