Could you see the bottom of a plane from the moon?

td2008

Trying to settle a debate here

igCorcaigh

Lol! Wut?

guestwifi

Yes.

But I've no idea what you're on about.

SnazzyPig

If the plane was orbiting the moon at low altitude........

Omackeral

Not a lot of people know this but you can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.

td2008

If you were on the moon and watching various flights on earth would you ever see the underside of the plane?
I'm saying no but trying to convince some people

salmocab

If your taking purely angle wise then yes

OldMrBrennan83

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kneemos

td2008 wrote: »

If you were on the moon and watching various flights on earth would you ever see the underside of the plane?
I'm saying no but trying to convince some people

Really? Who are these people?

td2008

kneemos wrote: »

Really? Who are these people?

A barrister

kneemos

td2008 wrote: »

If you were on the moon and watching various flights on earth would you ever see the underside of the plane?
I'm saying no but trying to convince some people

Tend to agree.

Akrasia

if the moon was rising over the horizon and a plane was taking off or landing at a steep angle, it might show a glimpse of the under side of the plane until it levelled off (assuming a super high res telescope with incredible fidelity and the ability to focus on a tiny depth of field on a cloudless day)

YFlyer

td2008 wrote: »

Trying to settle a debate here

You're wasting your time with a flat earther.

zell12

Omackeral wrote: »

Not a lot of people know this but you can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.

Did they solve the smog problem then?

Hector Bellend

Can you **** on the moon?

Giant steps are what you take **** on the moon

OldMrBrennan83

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Hector Bellend

Patww79 wrote: »

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Theyre the best

jamesbere

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Can you **** on the moon?

Giant steps are what you take **** on the moon

You probably could **** on the moon but it would be difficult in a space suit.

Actually I feel sorry for those poor fellas in the international space station. Could never knock one out

MactheKnife90

Omackeral wrote: »

Not a lot of people know this but you can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.

That's actually a myth. Completely false

Canis Lupus

MactheKnife90 wrote: »

That's actually a myth. Completely false

Uncharted

MactheKnife90 wrote: »

That's actually a myth. Completely false

Whoooooooooosshh............

antodeco

Interesting fact. If you were to lie face down on the moon, at any time of the day or year, you would never actually be able to see the sun!

jamesbere

MactheKnife90 wrote: »

That's actually a myth. Completely false

Actually the moon isn't real at all. Nasa use a projector every night to show it in the night sky

TheValeyard

MactheKnife90 wrote: »

That's actually a myth. Completely false

He's right. China isnt a place. Its just a massive brand of food outlets

TheValeyard

jamesbere wrote: »

Actually the moon isn't real at all. Nasa use a projector every night to show it in the night sky

Thats sooooooo 1970s.


Everyone knows its a hologram.

jamesbere

antodeco wrote: »

Interesting fact. If you were to lie face down on the moon, at any time of the day or year, you would never actually be able to see the sun!

But you can see your uranus

Roger Hassenforder

jamesbere wrote: »

But you can see your uranus

are you an owl?

Poor Uncle Tom

:mad: thread has robbed me of three minutes...../

goose2005

no, the earth is 12,700 km in diameter and planes fly at 10 km altitude. So you would not be able to see a plane separate from the earth

Gatling

Inverted flight would make it possible for a short period .

branie2

No way!

You could even see the bottom of a Tesla Roadster with an impossibly powerful telescope.

M.T. Cranium

Sure you could, because obviously you flew to the Moon, it's not on any bus or train routes.

That would be a long flight though, the Moon is probably further away than say Australia.

GM228

How about the bottom of a plane and the moon.

topper75

Patww79 wrote: »

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No breeze to blow it away so the stuff from the 60s is still there.

Billgirlylegs

Akrasia wrote: »

if the moon was rising over the horizon and a plane was taking off or landing at a steep angle, it might show a glimpse of the under side of the plane until it levelled off (assuming a super high res telescope with incredible fidelity and the ability to focus on a tiny depth of field on a cloudless day)

and you aren't on the dark side:pac:

sbsquarepants

You could, but only if it flew over a really big mirror


The earth is way too big and planes are way too small for you to see the underside coming up over the horizon (or whatever the hell the visible edge of a globe is called??)

The Crowman

Omackeral wrote: »

Not a lot of people know this but you can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.

Long running urban myth.

Tigger

MactheKnife90 wrote: »

That's actually a myth. Completely false

Lol

Tigger

The Crowman wrote: »

Long running urban myth.

Wanna bet

Omackeral

Omackeral wrote: »

Not a lot of people know this but you can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.

The Crowman wrote: »

Long running urban myth.

Go on...

Zubeneschamali

YFlyer wrote: »

You're wasting your time with a flat earther.

If a flat earther goes to the Moon, does he become a flat mooner?

kneemos

You can see the wall from China.

Mr. Incognito

I think the discussion is if you were standing on the moon and a plane flew overhead would you be able to see it.

The moon does not have an athmosphere so there would be nothing to stop you seeing it the sunlight was reflecting off it.

Although the surface temperature during the day would boil you alive and the lack of athmosphere would result in you exploding and freezing and suffrocating at the same time.

At night time the plane has blinking lights so yes.

kneemos

sbsquarepants wrote: »

You could, but only if it flew over a really big mirror


The earth is way too big and planes are way too small for you to see the underside coming up over the horizon (or whatever the hell the visible edge of a globe is called??)

That was my thinking. The curvature is way too gradual in relation to the size of an aeroplane

ED E

This is where KSP would be fierce handy.


If you were standing on the point where a tangent touching both circles(taking a plane of the spheres) hits the moon and a plane was taking off "towards" you at the matching point on earth you'd see its underside. Not perpendicularly but you'd see it*.


*Ignoring issues with having optics able to manage it

diomed

Plane or aircraft?
You were debating with a barrister.
A plane is a large flat area or a woodworking tool..

drake70

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

I think the discussion is if you were standing on the moon and a plane flew overhead would you be able to see it.

The moon does not have an athmosphere so there would be nothing to stop you seeing it the sunlight was reflecting off it.

Although the surface temperature during the day would boil you alive and the lack of athmosphere would result in you exploding and freezing and suffrocating at the same time.

At night time the plane has blinking lights so yes.

Sorry, but an atmosphere is required for an airplane to fly.

LINK

Capt'n Midnight

IIRC Aer Lingus did a barrel roll with a Boeing at an airshow in Fairyhouse? back in the day.


Or if a plane is flying across a a very shallow lake it could act like a mirror within the Brewster Angle

seamus

Short answer is that yes, you could probably catch a partial glimpse of the underside of an aircraft as it disappeared over the horizon. A bit like sideboob.

Would an aircraft ever be fully showing it's underside to you? Only if it was flying upside down.

robinwing

If you mooned on the moon would we see your bottom from earth ?