Is the moon rover visible from earth?

[MeteorWayne]

Correction, Hubble is more like 400 miles closer to the moon than the earth's surface.<br />Sorry, faulty memory<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[willpittenger]

Huh? Since when does 300 / 25,000 = 400? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Regarding the laser reflectometers, the Apollo mission left a few, too.<br />I don't think that's what the question was.<br /><br />I was not aware of the rovers you mentioned. I'll look them up now!<br /><br />Thanx<br /><br />MW <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

It's in a ~ 570 km orbit. That is about 340 miles.<br /><br />Distance to moon is approx 250,000 mi.<br /><br />So 340 miles out of 250000= 1.4%<br /><br />MW <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[tfwthom]

Lunokhod 1<br />http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990109.html<br /><br />Lunokhod 1 and the Luna 17 lander were sold by auction for $68500 in 1993 at Sotheby's in New York. The auction catalog listing described the spacecraft as "resting on the surface of the moon". <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1" color="#3366ff">www.siriuslookers.org</font> </div>

 

[christiang]

Sorry about the incorrect labeling of the "moon rover". I should have said moon dunebuggy, or moon quadrunner, or moon ATV. ;-)

 

[qso1]

EdwinGene:<br />What about multiple-telescope arrays...<br /><br />Me:<br />There was some talk of using the ESO to image human lunar artifacts a couple years ago. At the time, it was claimed that as an interferometer, the 4 giant ESO scopes had a good chance of seeing the LM descent stage and maybe the rovers.<br /><br />I have seen nothing since and I think the ESO scopes are able or should be able to be operated in an interferometer mode by now. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

No biggy, it just confused me.<br />As it turns out, there were rovers after all! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[betelgeuze]

Yes the first robotic rovers where used on the moon and not on mars. Also the Soviet did it long before NASA did anything like that. I wonder why they never get credits for that.

 

[pyoko]

to: What moon rover? <br /><br />I refer to the first robot on the Moon (USSR), the Lunokhod.<br />link: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990109.html <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color:#ff9900" class="Apple-style-span">-pyoko</span> <span style="color:#333333" class="Apple-style-span">the</span> <span style="color:#339966" class="Apple-style-span">duck </span></p><p><span style="color:#339966" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color:#808080;font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.</span></span></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Yup, I was corrected yesterday.<br /><br />MW <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[willpittenger]

It's been asked in this thread, but I do not remember anyone answering: While LRO be able to image any landers, impact sites, or rovers on the moon? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Getting back to the original question, <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> LRO is supposed have a resolution of 50 cm. The minimum widths of various spacecraft on the Moon follow.<br /><br />Large Lunas 4 m<br /><br />Lunakhods 1.6 m<br /><br />Surveyors 4 m<br /><br />Apollo LMs 9 m (excluding legs)<br /><br />Lunar Rovers 1.8 m<br /><br />All of these are larger than the 3 pixel minimum needed to get a discernable shape. The shadows cast by these craft should also be very visible.<br /><br />Jon<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[willpittenger]

How about the various impact sites? We know the mass of a S-IVB. We also know the speed and trajectories that each S-IVB was on when it hit the Moon. If we can locate the impact sites, we can then compare that to craters of unknown origin. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

The Saturns were only used for launch to LEO, I think.<br />Don't believe they made it to the moon. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Most of the IVB's were crashed on the Moon to provide seismic signals for the seismometer arrays. I have no idea of the size of rater but they would be substantial, I think, given an empty stage would have weighed ~15 tonnes, as i recall.<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Wow, I didn't recall that.<br />Bad neurons, I guess. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[willpittenger]

Just tell your boss that you need a cache upgrade for your memory. Get it? Cache = cash? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>

 

[JonClarke]

Good one!!!! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[search]

Here is site to help answer your question:<br /><br />http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/11jul_lroc.htm<br /><br />In any case the first reply you got was clear enough