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PM-ME-YOUR-TECH-TIPS t1_j608c1u wrote

Reply to comment by Different_Muscle_116 in How come space probes generally take photos of moons or asteroids from several hundred (or thousands) of kilometers away from the object they orbit? by Different_Muscle_116

The closer you get to a sphere the less of its surface area you can see. If you want pictures as close to half the surface area you want, you need to go really far away. Infact, to see 50% of the surface area of any sphere, you need to go infinitely far away

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