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Why not launch a probe and point its sensors at earth?
by DSingularity 5y ago
Why not launch a probe and point its sensors at earth?
- db48x 5y agoThe Earth is opaque. I don’t have a source to cite for this, but I think you can check it easily enough.
- eru 5y agohttps://www.answers.com/Q/Is_the_earth_opaque https://www.answers.com/Q/Is_the_earth_opaque
- nine_k 5y agoWe hardly resolve any individual stars in other galaxies (maybe some giant stars inside Andromeda?), so our idea of chemical composition of other galaxies is very... averaged. We barely can resolve largest and closest exoplanets into a few pixels.
- floxy 5y ago>We barely can resolve largest and closest exoplanets into a few pixels For now... https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08421 https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08421 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQFqDKRAROI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQFqDKRAROI
- nine_k 5y agoThis is seriously cool. This also requires a helluva lot of delta-V from the telescope to realign with another planet.