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2015-10-16 China-Japan-Koreas

China has had a telescope on the moon for the past two years

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Make sure you pull your drapes at night

Posted by USN, Ret. 2015-10-16 08:17|| 2015-10-16 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, but how does it compare to Hubble?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-10-16 12:43|| 2015-10-16 12:43|| Front Page Top

#3 the telescope is stowed within Chang'e 3 during sunrise and sunset on the moon, when dust is thought to be at its worst

There's wind on the moon?

Posted by JHH 2015-10-16 14:48|| 2015-10-16 14:48|| Front Page Top

#4 15cm is about 6in. I have an 8in reflector.

Theory indicates that UV and X-ray radiation from the sun is sufficiently energetic to knock electrons out of the dust particles on the moon's surface. The charge imbalance builds up enough to loft some dust off the ground. I.e., like magnetic poles repel.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-16 15:37|| 2015-10-16 15:37|| Front Page Top

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