2007-09-11 08:38:14 · 12 answers · asked by Stan S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Sites...sorry.
2007-09-11 08:38:39 · update #1
Yes, the moon landing sites are all visible in a telescope, though the sighting of the artifacts left behind are too small to be seen, even with the HST.
2007-09-11 08:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
So it's 2015 and we now have 1,000,000 megapixel camera technology that's already in use by the government, and aspects have been made available to the public on this camera. Go on YouTube and watch the video, so if we put one of these cameras onto a satellite I'm 100% positive that if focused with a telescope on the exact moon landing site you would definitely see the remain equipment left behind from the Apollo mission.
2015-03-27 14:53:06 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sites are visible but there is no telescope on Earth or in space which is capable of resolving the equipment left behind. The landing stage of the Apollo modules is only a few metres across. It is 384 403 kilometres, that is 384.403 million metres to the Moon.
For an Earth scale equivalent, imagine trying to find something a few hundredths of a millimetres across from about ten kilometres away and you will get the idea.
2007-09-11 09:45:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've observed the Apollo 11 and 15 landing sites often, because I know exactly where they are. Of course, I can't see anything left behind by the astronauts because my telescope is too small, but I find it really interesting to compare the topography as seen from Earth with the topography in the photographs taken by the astronauts, particularly at the Apollo 15 site. It's neat to compare the two views of Hadley Rille.
2007-09-11 10:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can see the place, but not close up enough to see any of the stuff left there. It would take a telescope many times larger than the largest telescope in the world to see something that small 240,000 miles away.
2007-09-11 10:31:28 · answer #5 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Seeing anything left behind by astronauts would be like trying to find the turd of a flea left behind on an elephant. Just too small to see in any telescope.
They did leave mirrors there and have bounced light and lasers off of the mirrors.
2007-09-11 09:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by B. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
our maximum suitable telescope is the Hubble area Telescope. on the area of the moon it may desire to in all likelihood make out a development 100m tall, whether it won't be in a position to make out a buggy 5m long. we would could desire to make a clean telescope 20 cases extra advantageous than Hubble with a view to be certain the Apollo buggy. it is less difficult for us to easily deliver yet another spaceship there if we would prefer to be certain the rest.
2016-10-18 21:53:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not readely available to see the landing so I could not actually see it. However atempts were made to see foot prints but the resolution of the telescopes was so low that no foot prints were seen either. But I assume that there must be a
transponder that was left up there instead of visible foot prints so we could locate it with the proper equipment. Per haps if you visit NASA space center they could give you a better explanation.
2007-09-11 09:22:19 · answer #8 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No telescope is powerful enough to see that.
2007-09-13 09:34:00 · answer #9 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but I was part of a group that bounced a laser off the special mirrors that were left there.
2007-09-11 09:25:47 · answer #10 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋