China’s Tiangong space station transiting Jupiter, captured by 沈老思347
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China’s Tiangong space station transiting Jupiter, captured by 沈老思347
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[https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5175306568339000](https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5175306568339000)
[https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/1931771306816811321](https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/1931771306816811321)
What? I had no idea that china even had a space station, let alone a permanently manned one. Hate the media and how it buried actual cool things in flashy nonsense and hate.
I had no idea the Chinese space station was so big! /s
I wish I could read Chinese to understand the circumstances under which this was taken.
The disk of Jupiter AND Tiangong are shown in nearly full illumination, which my intuition tells me would only be possible if Tiangong were above the terminator on Earth. In that case, the shot would need to be taken at a relatively low angle of elevation, pointed away from the sun, under twilight conditions, in which case taking a high-quality photo of Jupiter would seem rather difficult. On the other hand, at that angle, if Tiangong’s velocity were either away from or towards the camera, there could be relatively little relative motion of the space station, making the shot easier.
In any case, this is an extraordinary technical achievement.
Now THAT’S showing off. A very, very tricky shot, timed to the millisecond. Never saw anything like that.
My dumb brain: “how the hell is a manned space station so close to Jupiter!!” My brain recovered: “it’s not” 😂
Why not photoshop a clear picture of the space station instead of a blurry one.
I didn’t know planking was coming back. Ni Hao ma kongjian
I thought this was a shitpost of Jupiter throwing a chair at us