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Is there any chance we can zap its general direction with a radio beam and then listen with a huge radio telescope to get an accurate radar fix on where it is?
by FredPret 3y ago
Is there any chance we can zap its general direction with a radio beam and then listen with a huge radio telescope to get an accurate radar fix on where it is?
- GeorgeTirebiter 3y agoNo. It's simply too far away for that, because d*4 gets you. Now, if the zapper were Big Enough, when received it didn't destroy the probe, AND that there was a big enough receiver, they maybe...
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- FredPret 3y agoAccording to [0] we can do 0.000012 arc seconds with interferometry. At 22.5 light minutes, that works out to about half a meter (!) if my trig is correct. We’d probably have to absolutely blast it with energy though. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_resolution#:~:text=The%20highest%20angular%20resolutions%20for,resolutions%20at%20x%2Dray%20wavelengths https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_resolution#:~:text=T....]