Eli5 why can’t telescopes see landing zones on the moon?

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I was gonna prove to my co-worker we did in fact land on the moon, but Looking up how to see the landing sites with a telescope said it is physically impossible (improbable). An explanation went with it but… Yeah… It’s why I’m here.

I know we have a lunar satellite that can show it, but I’m prepaid for inevitable ” computer graphics recording”

Edit. Maybe I’ll just ask for someone to explain “Dawes limit”

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Basically, it’s too small to see. We can see mountain ranges, and craters…but even the best earthbound telescopes aren’t good enough to see a landing site as anything more than a single darker pixel or two.

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