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> gravitational lensing of the sun from a lagrange point around Jupiter How exactly would that help? I thought the focal point of the Sun is around 500 AU away
by jhgb 5y ago
> gravitational lensing of the sun from a lagrange point around Jupiter
How exactly would that help? I thought the focal point of the Sun is around 500 AU away (i.e., not anywhere near Jupiter).
- dogma1138 5y agoThat’s correct there was/is a suggested mission to exploit it which will require to send a telescope to 550 AUs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOCAL_(spacecraft) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOCAL_(spacecraft)