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A solar gravitational lens will be humanity's most powerful telescope (2022)

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197 points amichail | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 11:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.196s | source
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asdfman123 ◴[16 Oct 24 22:24 UTC] No.41864452[source]▶
Could we do a less extreme version of this with a planet in the solar system? Or would a probe have to be too far away from it?
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1. yodon ◴[16 Oct 24 22:31 UTC] No.41864509[source]▶
A planet would be a weaker lens so you'd have to be even farther away, and you'd have less collecting area as well.