'Artificial Moon To Light Up The Streets'
China and its scientist are planning to Launch an 'Artificial Moon' into orbit by 2020 to Light Up the night skies after dark. The scientists plan to place the artificial moon above the city of Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan province.
Its also reported that it could be eight times more radiant than the actual, original moon. It will also orbit much closer to Earth; about 500 km (310 miles) away, compared to the moon’s 380,000 km (236,000 miles).
Wu Chunfeng, chief of the Tian Fu New Area Science Society, told China Daily.
Its expected brightness, in the eyes of humans, is around one-fifth of normal streetlights.If the project eventually becomes successful, there could be three more artificial moon additions to the night sky in 2022, But much more testing needs to be done, Wu said.
“We will only conduct our tests in an uninhabited desert, so our light beams will not interfere with any people or Earth-based space observation equipment,”
Reference: http://time.com/5429288/china-chengdu-artificial-moon/
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