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According to officials in Chengdu, if things go well, more than 14 million city dwellers will soon have to say goodbye to the night sky. Photo: Nick Turner / Flickr.
It may sound like a plot by a nasty cartoonist, but a city in southwestern China wants to launch into space an artificial moon that could replace streetlights by bathing the floor with a "twilight-like glow" ".
[…] The mirror-like exterior of the satellite would reflect sunlight on the Earth, creating a glow about eight times brighter than the moon. The artificial moon, whose orbit would be about 500 kilometers from Earth, would save $ 174 million in electricity thanks to streetlights.
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The capital of China's Sichuan Province, Chengdu, could have its own "lunar" lighting satellite in the skies by 2020, according to the statement. Daily People.
Light pollution and its known effects on the health of humans and nocturnal wildlife do not seem to bother leaders in hiding behind the bold pattern of space mirrors. Kang Weimin, director of the Institute of Optics, School of Aerospace, Harbin Institute of Technology, tries to reassure: "The light from the satellite looks like a glow like twilight, so it should not affect animal routines. " – Ok, we're all cool.
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