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Dave-C OP t1_jdl40c6 wrote

Reply to comment by PoppersOfCorn in We can't see on the other side of the Sun. Have we ever used satellites to see the other side? by Dave-C

Ok, I'm still not making this clear. If an object is in the exact same orbit as Earth but on the opposite side of the sun while moving at the same speed as Earth, we would never see it. That is the blind spot I'm talking about.

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PoppersOfCorn t1_jdl4e3q wrote

We would be able to measure how other things interact with it. But we have space craft like the Parker Solar Probe, So we do know what on the opposite side to us

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VertigoOne1 t1_jdlfcjv wrote

Any probe would be able to see it, it just needs to be not in the same orbit as earth, so even juno or, messenger, cassini and any of the probes on mars would be able to image it. Many of them have taken pics looking back.

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OnlyAstronomyFans t1_jdl8hm4 wrote

Oh yeah. Something could hide directly on the opposite side of the sun from us, but probably not from a spacecraft in a trailing earth orbit, especially if it trailed further than like one earth radius

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7heblackwolf t1_jdl5wvc wrote

???? What are you talking about? Why something would be exactly at the opposite side of the sun, relative to earth? Nothing has the same speed, mass, gravity, etc to make this event possible. Are you contemplating the possibility that there’s something hidden behind the sun?

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carrot_gg t1_jdl7acu wrote

Obviously he is talking about sneaky aliens, duh.

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7heblackwolf t1_jdl7mo1 wrote

I assume that. Our own solar system has planets that differ A LOT in size, speed, orbit, material composition, etc. I think it’s more plausible to find aliens in mars than another planet hidden on the other side of the sun.

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sifuyee t1_jdlez9j wrote

That is the well published intergalactic approach vector when observing primitive species such as Earthlings.

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phalangepatella t1_jdl7oqw wrote

I believe OP is trying to describe seeing what is on the other side of the sun, at any given time, from the vantage point of earth.

To essentially see “through” the sun to observe what an earth bound viewer can never see.

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7heblackwolf t1_jdlalok wrote

I understand the question. But how and why?

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phalangepatella t1_jdlato8 wrote

Haven’t you ever been tryna sleep and some apparently world changing thought enters your mind?

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