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This should easily resolve the 10-metre wide Lunar Module bases left on the Moon by the Apollo moon missions, and a group of European scientists intends to do just that.
* [http://users.specdata.com/home/pullo/F_R.HTM Dimensions of the Lunar Module]
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In its full interferometric operating mode, the VLT is intended to achieve an effective angular resolution of 0.001 [[arcsecond]] at a wavelength of 1 µm. This is an angle of 0.000000005 radians, equivalent to resolving a target 2 meters across at the distance between the Earth and Moon.
 
This should easily resolve the 105-metre wide Lunar Module bases left on the Moon by the Apollo moon missions, and a group of European scientists intends to do just that.
 
 
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* http://www.eso.org/projects/vlt/
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/24/1037697982142.html Telescope to challenge moon doubters]
* [http://users.specdata.com/home/pullo/F_R.HTM Dimensions of the Lunar Module]