2007-03-13 10:08:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. It is too small to see from 240,000 miles away even with the biggest telescope in the world. And there are 6 flags, not just 1, because a flag was set up at each of the 6 Apollo landing sites.
2007-03-13 10:12:16 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Even the main effectual telescopes (like Hubble) won't be able to verify something on the moon smaller than a soccer container. we are able to verify issues that are very a techniques away, yet those issues are very super. Stars are around a million miles for the time of, galaxies are over a quadrillion miles for the time of. evaluate that to a three foot flag, and it explains the reason we can't see a flag on the moon. additionally, the UV radiation on the moon is especially extreme, without ecosystem to dam it. The flag they used grew to become right into a especially much less costly plastic, and can have been ruined by making use of that UV particularly immediately.
2016-10-18 07:28:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The best resolution we can get with any current telescopes on the Earth or in orbit is about one pixel = size of a football field. That means every dot the picture is made out of is the size of a football field. And the flag is much smaller than that. So no, we can't see it.
2007-03-13 10:14:42 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. You'd need a telescope with a mirror about 250 feet across for that kind of resolution from so far away.
2007-03-13 10:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by John W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not even with the Hubble Space Telescope.
2007-03-13 10:16:09 · answer #5 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. It is way too small to see even with a powerful telescope. but that does not mean that it is not there.
2007-03-13 11:42:55 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
from the moon its the possible to see with the naked eye the great chinese wall, so pretty sure with the very powerful telescope if you've got co-ordinates on a very high ground without pollution, you've just might be able to see the flag and the spider.
2007-03-13 10:24:20 · answer #7 · answered by Panda 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
No. We still went to the moon.
2007-03-13 10:11:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately not.
However the flag with the proud slogan "No fat chicks" is visible for all to see!
2007-03-13 10:16:48 · answer #9 · answered by Mighty C 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋