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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The moon is nearly 400,000 km away. The landing site is very small. In order to magnify something very small from such a far distance away, you’d need an absolutely massive lens. There isn’t a telescope on Earth that’s large enough to do it.

If your coworker thinks the moon landing was faked in spite of the overwhelming evidence that it happened, it’s unlikely that additional evidence is going to make him realize that he’s wrong.

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