A Lunar Laser Reflector Experiment Performed during the Apollo II Moonwalk.

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Abstract:

The report summarizes an experiment to detect a retroreflector array placed on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts by measuring the magnitude of the return of a reflected ruby-laser beam directed at the reflector array before the astronauts left the moon. The Mount Haleakala Observatory on Maui, Hawaii, was in a location such that the moon and the Sea of Tranquillity site on the moon were observable during the moonwalk. Author

Author(s):
Erickson, J. D. ; Mccormick, P. D.
Author Organization(s):
MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR INST OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Supplementary Note:
Report of the Mount Haleakala Observatory.
Pagination:
0060

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Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
1386-43-T
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DAHC15-68-C-0144
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*REFLECTORS, *LASERS, *MOON, RANGE FINDING, DATA PROCESSING, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO, QUANTUM STATISTICS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Astronomy, Optical Detection and Detectors, Optics
Keyword(s):
APOLLO 11 SPACECRAFT, APOLLO, *RETROREFLECTORS, RUBY LASERS, SIGNAL PROCESSING
Report Date:
1970 Jan 01