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How powerful is the Hubble Space Telescope? Would it be able to view a man walking on the moon?

Answer 1

Hubble space telescope have a main mirror of 2.4 meters in diameter.Its angular resolution is0.05 arc seconds.

When the weather is favorable, it can see an object from 600 kilometers up that is about the size of a penny on Earth. Since the average distance between Earth and the Moon is 375,000 kilometers, a man cannot be seen there.

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Answer 2

Ariana Acosta

The moon is relatively close, and its surface details are beyond the resolution capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope, which is primarily designed to observe distant astronomical objects like galaxies and nebulae. Therefore, it is not powerful enough to directly observe a man walking on the moon.

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