[TML] Noncanonical TU 3D.

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 4 Jan 2008 at 9:47, Anthony Jackson wrote:

> Timothy Little wrote:
> 
> > Though it should be possible to find a large cometary body in deep
> > space from which to refuel.
> 
> Lemme think. A 1 km object, sunlit at 1 AU, has an apparent magnitude of 
> 16-19 depending on its albedo. Starlight is about a billion times dimmer 
> than direct sunlight, so a 1 km deep space object, at 1 AU, would have 
> an apparent magnitude of 39-42. That seems fairly impractical even with 
> futuristic sensors.

Thus the "nuclear flashbulb" comment.


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