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Different_Muscle_116 OP t1_j605a8l wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in How come space probes generally take photos of moons or asteroids from several hundred (or thousands) of kilometers away from the object they orbit? by Different_Muscle_116

100-50k above the surface but as close as possible enough to orbit

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PM-ME-YOUR-TECH-TIPS t1_j608c1u wrote

The closer you get to a sphere the less of its surface area you can see. If you want pictures as close to half the surface area you want, you need to go really far away. Infact, to see 50% of the surface area of any sphere, you need to go infinitely far away

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