[geocentrism] Geostationary satellite myth
- From: "Dr. Neville Jones" <ntj005@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:04:37 +0100 (BST)
Dear All,
Just before I work on the eclipse paper, I remembered that someone on this
forum claimed that a geostationary satellite could (or possibly could) be seen
with a powerful telescope. (Apologies for not looking back and addressing who
actually hinted at this.)
"Geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) [occurs at] exactly 35,786 km above the
equator"
(http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/glossary/geosynchronous_transfer_orbit.htm).
At such a distance, a sizeable 2 m satellite would subtend only
2 m / 35,786,000 m = 5.6 x 10-8 rads,
whereas the theoretical angular resolution of the Keck 10 m telescope in the
visible is
1.22 x 5.6 x 10-6 / 10 = 6.8 x 10-7 rads.
I.e., even in the absence of the atmosphere, the World?s largest ground-based
astronomical telescope could not detect a supposed geostationary satellite.
We cannot, therefore, simply see these things.
Neville.
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