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Old 08-06-2010, 05:41 AM   #25
Wicky
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I don't think this would work. The mirror becomes smaller every meter your distance increases. (e.g. to see yourself in a mirror right next to you, it needs to be as big as you. But to see yourself fully in a mirror, which is 10 meter away, it only needs to be a few inches big) So, the reflecting in the original posters idea on Pluto's mirror is done by an area, which is smaller than a single atom.

I don't believe, that a single atom can reflect the whole planet earth's worth of lightrays. After all, even a mirror is made of matter like silver-coated metal.
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