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by Zaha
Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:06 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: The object larger than Pluto (July 31)
Replies: 31
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Re: Illusional Illustrations

No it's not just you (well... maybe, it could be). Actually, I think APOD sometimes does a disservice with illustrations. Objects that distant (100 AU) are just not going to be that well lit. In fact, I think they would. At 100AU from Sun, the planet receives 1/10000 of the sunlight intensity Earth...