Considering we only know it’s there because it slightly dims the light from its star as it crosses during its orbit, you would be correct. At that distance, we would never see light bouncing off the actual planet. Even the star is basically a single pixel. We can estimate its size and orbit based on how quickly it crosses in front of the star and how much the light dims, and using those two numbers we can estimate its distance from Kepler 452.
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I love my dog, but I’ve never had to clean potato vomit out of a carpet at 3 am.
Yes, the vaccines are… Are you feeding that baby unpasteurized milk?!? What the fuck, guys?
Ok, you’re ill-informed.