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About LinkBacksThe flag is fluttering because the astronaut has the flagpole in his hand and is moving it (in order to plant it).Originally Posted by smalishah84
The flag is fluttering because the astronaut has the flagpole in his hand and is moving it (in order to plant it).
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On earth the flag would stop moving very quickly after the astronaut plants it due to air resistance. In vacuum, there is no air resistance and the flag keeps moving for much longer before coming to a standstill, and that gives the illusion of fluttering due to a breeze
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Won't it continue to flutter forever?
if a flag flutters on the dark side of the moon does it make a sound?
No, because of the friction within the flag material itself.
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I don't think friction is quite the right word to use (damping is more accurate), but basically yeah.
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eh, same thing imo. Kinetic energy being converted to heat etc.
ok....makes sense now.......tbh hadn't known of damping in vacuum. I had thought it should flutter forever because there is no air resistance
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Aren't there telescopes now which are strong enough that if someone struck a match on the moon you'd see it?
Just point the ****ing things at where they landed and take a pic of the flag and the remaining part of the LEM which was left behind ffs.
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No oxygen on the moon, so no lighting matches
There isn't any telescope strong enough at the moment to do something like that (not even the Hubble). You may see a dot, but that's about all. You'd need an orbiting satellite, and even that would have to be very powerful to see the flag. Something like this would be the closest we can get right now.
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