2007-08-22 22:15:06 · 7 answers · asked by Lorenz 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No. The area covered by the moon mission equipment was about 5 metres square - too small to be picked up by the telescops. As well it has been designed for deep space photography and not "close up" like the moon.
2007-08-22 23:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but no. The Hubble's telescope has a resolution of about 0.1 arc-seconds -- that's the size of a single pixel in the cameras.
At the distance to the moon, 0.1 arc-seconds is a spot about 10 meters in diameter. All the light in that ten-meter diameter spot would be averaged out to a single value. And in order to have an image of something recognizable, it needs to cover more than a single pixel.
The largest piece of equipment we left behind on the moon, the bottom portion of the LEM, was only about 4 meters in diameter. That's less than half the size of a single pixel on the Hubble. And anything smaller than the LEM covers, of course, even less of a pixel.
So, no, the Hubble cannot take a picture of any of the stuff we left behind. In fact, the smallest object the Hubble could resolve in a recognizable form would be about the size of a football stadium.
2007-08-23 09:50:25 · answer #2 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the Hubble Space Telescope doesn't have good enough resolution. Also because the moon is moving relatively fast across the sky, the Hubble can't really hold a spot on the lunar surface very long.
2007-08-23 05:22:41 · answer #3 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not only are the landers so small that Hubble could not resolve them, but if Hubble ever looked that the Moon, the camera would be instantly blown away. There are hard-coded mechanisms in place to prevent the telescope from ever pointing towards, or even anywhere near, the Moon.
2007-08-23 08:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
NO.
Objects left on the surface of the Moon
are far to small to be observed from
240,000 Miles away
(Earth to Moon Distance).
You are asking for a deep space
telescope design to resolve something
as small as say 50 feet x 50 feet from
a distance of a quarter of a Million Miles...
It is not going to happen.
Were your target a 500 or 1000 Mile long
canyon, an aluminized blanket spread out
over 100 football fields...maybe.
2007-08-23 07:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are many variables ,and would depend on Hubble not facing the sun. There is a good chance u could. I know there some special mirrors left up there that we ranged on them with a laser.
2007-08-23 09:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It might be able to see the larger objects--the descent states and the lunar rovers.
2007-08-23 08:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋