Can you see the American flag on the moon through a telescope?
Can you see the American flag on the moon through a telescope?
Yes, the flag is still on the moon, but you can’t see it using a telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope is only 2.4 meters in diameter – much too small! Resolving the larger lunar rover (which has a length of 3.1 meters) would still require a telescope 75 meters in diameter.
Which countries flags are on the moon?
The global commendations poured in as China’s Chang’e-5 probe successfully planted a flag on the surface of the moon, becoming the first country since the 1972 US Apollo missions to achieve such a feat. Some media reports have termed China as being only the second nation to have its flag on the surface of the moon.
What’s the closest we’ve gotten to the sun?
On the final three orbits, Parker Solar Probe flies to within 3.8 million miles of the Sun’s surface — more than seven times closer than the current record-holder for a close solar pass, the Helios 2 spacecraft, which came within 27 million miles in 1976, and about a tenth as close as Mercury, which is, on average.
What is the closest picture to the sun?
New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras. They come from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) probe, which was launched earlier this year.
Is the Moon moving away from the Earth?
Right now, the Moon is moving away from the Earth at a rate of about four centimeters per year, due to the tidal interaction between the Earth and the Moon. At a basic level, the Moon’s gravity exerts a drag on the Earth that slows its rotation, and the Earth’s gravity exerts a pull on the Moon that expands its orbit.
What would happen if the moon move away from Earth?
Answer(s): Laser ranging measurements of the change in the distance from the Earth to the Moon tell us that the Moon is moving away from the Earth at a rate of about 3.78 cm per year. In general, though, I suspect that if the Moon broke away from the Earth it would end-up drawn into the Sun.