When we can see light years into space clearly?
I can't wait till 2016 or is it 13?
2007-04-14 16:50:31 · 9 answers · asked by Ophiuchus 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
we can't see pluto clearly for 3 reasons:
1) it is very small (0.0066 earths)
2) it is very far away from earth (about 40 times the distance from the sun to the earth)
3) it does not produce light
by the way 2015 is when the new horizons spacecraft is expected to arrive there
2007-04-14 17:00:15 · answer #1 · answered by jake 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason you can't see a golf ball 50 miles away.
2007-04-14 20:48:00 · answer #2 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never been Disneyland or Disney World?
2007-04-14 16:54:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's too small
It's too far away
It doesn't produce any light and reflects too little light
2007-04-14 17:15:20 · answer #4 · answered by aximili12hp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060903.html
2007-04-14 18:05:51 · answer #5 · answered by Demiurge42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It reflects too little light and it is too small.
2007-04-14 19:11:47 · answer #6 · answered by Jeevan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
telescopes don't reach that far and pluto is tiny and super far away
2007-04-14 16:58:13 · answer #7 · answered by marshimaro1993 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think its because its orbit is oval.
2007-04-14 16:53:55 · answer #8 · answered by Bron Bahlmann 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Those old cartoons don't come on any more !;-)
2007-04-14 17:00:45 · answer #9 · answered by tooldaddy2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋