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Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth

From Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth
Date 2018-06-13 14:48 +1000
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On 13/06/2018 1:16 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 13/06/2018 11:39 AM, John Gogo wrote:
>> On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 11:59:46 PM UTC-5, tjrob137 wrote:
>>> On 6/11/18 7:14 PM, John Gogo wrote:
>>>> Tom Roberts said that we now can produce a telescope which can see
>>>> the detail of the moon's surface within a few inches.
>>>
>>> I did NOT say that at all, and it is far from true. A telescope able to
>>> see an LED on the moon is NOT AT ALL able to "see the detail of the
>>> moon's surface within a few inches".
>>>
>>>     Do you understand that light-gathering power is not at all
>>>     the same as angular resolution? Do you even know what
>>>     these terms mean?
>>>
>>> Why do you just make stuff up and pretend it is true? What's the point?
>>> Lying about what somebody else said is downright unfriendly. And STUPID.
>>>
>>> Tom Roberts
>>
>> Tom, you also said that an ordinary LED a few millimeters in diameter, 
>> pointed in the direction of the Keck telescope, would be significantly 
>> brighter there than a candle. You also said it would require solar 
>> darkness. C'mon Tom throw me a bone. Can or cannot we build a 
>> telescope powerful and special enough to literally SEE the rovers, 
>> mirrors, flags, and the like to be observed by any human here on Earth?
>>
> 
> 
> No, we cannot. It would have to be bigger than the Earth itself.
> 
> Sylvia.

Oops - lost a factor of a 1000.

Still, an optical telescope 19km across is hardly practical.

Sylvia.

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Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-02 16:26 -0700
  Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Python <python@python.invalid> - 2018-06-03 01:49 +0200
  Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-06-04 09:45 -0700
    Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-04 19:19 -0700
    Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-07 18:29 -0700
  Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-11 11:30 +1000
    Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-11 17:14 -0700
      Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-12 14:33 +1000
      Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-06-11 23:59 -0500
        Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-12 18:39 -0700
          Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-13 13:16 +1000
            Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-13 14:48 +1000
              Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-13 18:59 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-13 19:19 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-14 13:13 +1000
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-14 18:55 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-16 09:14 +1000
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-15 19:05 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-15 19:24 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-15 19:39 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-16 20:11 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-16 20:31 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2018-06-17 14:42 +1000
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-06-17 18:23 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-18 17:39 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-18 19:09 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 09:55 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-20 15:46 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-06-21 10:10 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-25 19:14 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth mitchrae3323@gmail.com - 2018-06-25 19:23 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth pnalsing@gmail.com - 2018-06-25 22:38 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-30 21:02 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth pnalsing@gmail.com - 2018-06-30 21:28 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-30 22:02 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth pnalsing@gmail.com - 2018-07-01 17:04 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Edward Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-07-01 18:34 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-07-01 19:43 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-07-01 12:20 +0200
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth pnalsing@gmail.com - 2018-07-01 17:04 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-07-02 03:55 +0200
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-07-01 19:39 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-07-02 04:42 +0200
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-07-01 19:51 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-07-02 05:04 +0200
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-07-01 20:58 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth pnalsing@gmail.com - 2018-07-01 20:26 -0700
          Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-06-12 22:18 -0500
            Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-13 19:23 -0700
              Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-07-02 04:37 +0200
            Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-16 20:20 -0700
              Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-07-02 04:40 +0200
          Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Steve BH <sbharris@gmail.com> - 2018-06-18 08:35 -0700
            Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-18 17:33 -0700
              Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Steve BH <sbharris@gmail.com> - 2018-06-19 10:26 -0700
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth Zprávn Udoucih <zpnvn@nwinst.ce> - 2018-06-19 17:32 +0000
                Re: To see instantaneously from the moon on Earth John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-20 16:12 -0700

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