Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation

Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Mon 28 May 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	APOLLO
		The points of reference for the earth-moon measurement are the earth-based telescope—in this case, the 3.5 meter telescope at Apache Point, and in particular, the intersection of the telescope mount axes—and the small, suitcase-sized retroreflector array placed on the lunar surface by Apollo astronauts (pictured is the Apollo 11 reflector at Tranquility Base).
		APOLLO (the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation) is a new initiative in
		Finally, we thank NASA for supporting APOLLO and enabling it to get "off the ground", and more recently, a joint effort by NASA and the National Science Foundation to fund APOLLO at a level that will allow project completion and production of the first science results.
	physics.ucsd.edu /~tmurphy/apollo/apollo.html (955 words)

	Apollo (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		APOLLO is the acronym for the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation.
		If an article link referred you to this title, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Apollo_(disambiguation) (355 words)

	The Most Important Thing Armstrong Left on the Moon
		NASA and the National Science Foundation are funding a new facility in New Mexico, the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation or, appropriately, "APOLLO" for short.
		McDonald Laser Ranging Station -- home page for the lunar laser ranging operation at McDonald Observatory
		Ringed by footprints, sitting in the moondust, lies a 2-foot wide panel studded with 100 mirrors pointing at Earth: the "lunar laser ranging retroreflector array." Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong put it there on July 21, 1969, about an hour before the end of their final moonwalk.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2004/21jul_llr.htm (938 words)

	apollo -- apollo
		APOLLO APOLLO (the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation) is a new initiative in lunar laser ranging (LLR), that will utilize the 3.5 meter telescope at Apache Point in southern New...
		Apollo 11 View of Apollo 11 spacecraft on launch pad Courtesy of the NASA/JPL Driven by a recent surge in space research, the Apollo program hoped to add to the accomplishments of the Lunar Orbiter...
		Apollo In Greek mythology, Apollo and his twin sister, ARTEMIS, were the children of ZEUS and LETO and were born on the island of DELOS.
	www.djapollo.com (938 words)

	apollo -- apollo
		APOLLO APOLLO (the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation) is a new initiative in lunar laser ranging (LLR), that will utilize the 3.5 meter telescope at Apache Point in southern New...
		Apollo 11 View of Apollo 11 spacecraft on launch pad Courtesy of the NASA/JPL Driven by a recent surge in space research, the Apollo program hoped to add to the accomplishments of the Lunar Orbiter...
		Apollo 11 Screensaver Screen Saver Multimedia Screen-saver See the sights and hear the sounds that held the world in awe in the summer of 1969 as Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on...
	www.djapollo.com (938 words)

	APOLLO
		APOLLO (the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation) is a new initiative in
		APOLLO measures the round-trip travel time of laser pulses bounced off the lunar retroreflectors to a precision of a few picoseconds, corresponding to about one millimeter of precision in range to the moon.
		A significant part of the challenge of lunar range modeling is converting this point-to-point measurement into a distance between the center-of-mass of the earth and the center-of-mass of the moon.
	physics.ucsd.edu /~tmurphy/apollo/apollo.html (968 words)

	Science Question of the Week - Is any of the scientific equipment left on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts still in use? - April 25, 2003
		An ongoing program, called APOLLO (the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation), hopes to reduce the measurement of the lunar distance to 1 mm, along with carrying out more experiments on the properties of gravity.
		Apollo 11, 14, and 15 each carried an experiment called the Laser Ranging RetroReflector (LRRR), consisting of an array of corner cube reflectors.
		Although the Apollo astronauts left the Moon for the final time in 1972, they left behind an array of equipment, including the bases of the Lunar Landers, the Lunar Rovers, a variety of scientific equipment, and at least one golf ball.
	www.gsfc.nasa.gov /scienceques2002/20030425.htm (403 words)

	Apollo (disambiguation)
		APOLLO is the acronym for the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation.
		Operation Apollo was a military operation of the Canadian Navy in support of the United States in its War on Terrorism.
		Apollo, the son of Commander Adama, is a captain in the Colonial Fleet in Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Battlestar Galactica (2003).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Apollo-(disambiguation).htm (356 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Mon 28 May 12)