• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Yeah but any mirror that isn’t imaginary has some kind of surface coating that’s a different refractive index than the atmosphere, and then the light has to interact with the surface of the mirror, which is not a perfect reflector and has imperfections, not to mention the light just had to pass through 400km of fluid atmosphere of varying density and composition.

    Its a bet I’m very willing to take.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Just give up dude , inverse square law doesn’t apply here, you were incorrect and are now making an idiot of yourself trying to incorrectly explain it.