Vl3d Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) Please implement (virtual) gravitational lensing and allow us to build a solar gravitational lens telescope for imaging exoplanets! So we know what we're getting into before sending any interstellar missions. https://www.space.com/sun-gravity-could-help-observe-exoplanets-in-detail Edited August 2, 2022 by Vl3d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intelliCom Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) I'm sure there'll be plenty of telescopes to image other solar systems on release, but if there isn't, then a solar gravitational lense telescope would be great. Edited August 2, 2022 by intelliCom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vl3d Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) In real life a SGL telescope would allow for a ~25 km scale resolution to detect surface features of exoplanets 100 light years away from a distance of "only" ~600 AU from the Sun. There's no other way to achieve this excerpt for actually sending a probe light years away.. which is of course incommensurably more difficult (1 light year is 63240 AU). 1 AU is ~150 mil. KM, roughly the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Edited August 2, 2022 by Vl3d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ember12 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 7 hours ago, intelliCom said: I'm sure there'll be plenty of telescopes to image other solar systems on release, but if there isn't, then a solar gravitational lense telescope would be great. Even if there are, they couldn't get close to this level of resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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