diamter=2300km, average distance from earth = 39.537A.U? justify yourself with calculations
2006-11-13 08:21:34 · 3 answers · asked by mapleafgal sweet an delicious 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Only Plutos nose and tail.
2006-11-13 08:24:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Features? No. But HST can indeed image Pluto in such a way that th albedo constrast across the planet can be seen. In hi-res HST imaging Pluto can be seen to have light and dark patches.
To answer you question with a calculation you will need to calculate the angular size of pluto as viewed from the earth. You have those two numbers (the distance and the size), so you can find the angle with trigonmetry.
To fully aswer the question I am guessing that you were provided with an angular resolution of HST for this problem. It really depends on which camera and which band HST is using, but once you have the resolution you can compare the angular size of pluto to the angular resolution of HST and get the answer that this problem is trying to have you calculate.
2006-11-13 08:57:15 · answer #2 · answered by wugga-mugga 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Pluto is so far away that every pixel on the CCD cameras used by Hubble to record the images are more than 100 miles in diameter. Check out the website below:
2006-11-13 08:25:23 · answer #3 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋