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Whats the resolution of the LRO

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14 years 9 months ago #78980 by dave_lillis
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Hi,
With the recent launch of the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter, we'll now have very high resolution images of the moon, does anyone know if it'll be able to see anything of the remnants of the Apollo landings?, maybe the multi mile long tracks left over by the rovers?

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14 years 9 months ago #78995 by mjc
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Appears to have two narrow angle cameras capable of 1/2 metre resolution. So the resolution appears to be there. I think It would be a missed opportunity if they didn't include landing sites. It appears that most of the survey will be at 1-meter scale and multispectral (seven filters from 320nm-690nm) which should allow identification of different mineral types.

lroc.sese.asu.edu/EPO/LROC/lroc.php
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14 years 9 months ago #79005 by dave_lillis
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Aw man, they just have to get decent high res images of the landing sites, how cool would those be. !

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14 years 9 months ago #79017 by Der
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According to NASA they will be getting pictures of landing sites

nice link with good pictures explaining what it might be able to "see"

science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/11jul_lroc.htm

bet it wont silence the moon hoax theorists:woohoo:

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14 years 9 months ago #79020 by Frank Ryan
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Nope. They will come up with a whole new set of 'explinations'

I can't wait to see the images.

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