>>7678032Was about to post this in the thread on /b/, but it 404'd. I put a lot of work into disproving the retarded video so I'll just leave it here in the hope that someone knows what I'm referencing:
>>653571080Using the numbers given in the video:
distance to jupiter~500 million miles
distance to pluto~50 million miles
diameter of jupiter~90 thousand miles
diameter of pluto~1500 miles
And the mathematical formula for angular diameter (developed independently from astronomy, easily derivable from trigonometry)
theta=diameter/distance
so the angular diameter of jupiter is 90000/500000000=.00018
and for pluto it's 1500/50000000=.00003
We can also use the rayleigh criterion (a resolution formula) to determine the smallest angular diameter able to be resolved for an 8.2 inch telescope in the visible wavelength.
theta=1.22*lambda/diameter=1.22*(500*10^-9)/.21=.000003.
This number is 10% of the diameter of pluto but 2% of Jupiter's diameter. This is why we see so much more "detail" in Jupiter. Maybe this guy should have spent his money on an intro astrophysics course instead of buying that 1000 dollar telescope.
