Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies

Re:Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday October 18, 2018 @10:20AM (#18248500)

I guess it would have to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. I didn't see any size comments, but that puppy would have to be quiet large I'd think. To light 14,300-square-meters from 35,786 km seems like you'd need a BIG reflector.

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Re:Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies by jkaptur on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:34PM (#18250331)

And, of course, Chengdu is actually 14,300 square KILOMETERS, not meters. (Its 11 million residents aren't quite that cramped).

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Re:Chinese city to launch man-made moon to light up skies by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday October 18, 2018 @01:47PM (#18250429)

That would be 119 m on each side... yeah, that's a little cramped.

I copied that totally not critically from the article. I'm beginning to believe that this article may be missing some important information.

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