If so, has anyone done it? are there photo's of it? And how many people have actually been on the moon?
2007-08-29 23:36:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, I've taken lots of images of the site in the Sea of Tranquility.
Can you see the footprints or other debris, NO.!
these items are way too small to be seen by a Telescope. The Atmosphere alone here on earth does not allow resolution of that small an item. Even Hubble can't do it unless it was a heck of a lot closer.
Adolph
2007-08-30 00:00:28 · answer #1 · answered by Adolph K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory it would be possible, yes. However, it would require a telescope much larger than could practically be made as a single instrument. There is an inescapable link between the resolution of a telescope and the size of the aperture. The hardware left on the Moon is simply too small to be resolved by any single telescope that exists or could be made. What may be possible at a later date is to use an array of telescopes, which can combine their output to be used as if they were one single huge telescope. It has never been done, however.
As to how many people have been on the Moon, the answer is 12: two each on six successful landings.
2007-08-30 08:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by Jason T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to see the locality of the landing site, the general area, but not the landing site itself with a telescope. The Moon is 240,000 Miles away. That distance is huge when discussing something say 50 feet by 50 feet in size. In fact the distance from the Earth to the Moon is the same as ten times the circumference of the Earth.
2007-08-30 11:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The objects left behind on the Moon are too small to be resolved by any telescope. Some of the landing sites have been imaged by satellites in orbit around the Moon. 12 people have actually landed on the Moon, and quite a few more have travelled to the Moon, orbited, and returned.
2007-08-30 07:53:58 · answer #4 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the other answerers said the objects left on the lunar surface are too small to be seen.
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I read a while back that the landing sites are going to be given some sort of world heritage site status or something to that effect. I can imagine that in the future they'll have a fence around them and people will drive by and check out the historic site and see the boot prints.
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No way I'll ever live to see that but won't that be neat?
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2007-08-30 08:17:09 · answer #5 · answered by ericbryce2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think so.
2007-08-30 06:43:39 · answer #6 · answered by YouKnowYouLoveMe. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋