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Hot_Egg5840 t1_j60dobt 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

The closer to the object you are orbiting, the faster you need to go to stay in orbit. The faster you move, the more of an issue image blur is. Distant objects don't get much light. That means camera shutters need to stay open longer times, which also adds to blur. Yes, you would get better detail but it becomes useless because all the pixels are blurred.

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