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Lunar radar cross section at low frequency
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kennedy, E. J. Kossey, P. Rodriguez, P. McCarrick, M. Kaiser, M. L. Bougeret, J.-L. Tokarev, Y. V. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | Recent bistatic measurements of the lunar radar cross-section have extended the spectrum to long radio wavelength. We have utilized the HF Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) radar facility near Gakona, Alaska to transmit high power pulses at 8.075 MHz to the Moon; the echo pulses were received onboard the NASA/WIND spacecraft by the WAVES HF receiver. This lunar radar experiment follows our previous use of earth-based HF radar with satellites to conduct space experiments. The spacecraft was approaching the Moon for a scheduled orbit perturbation when our experiment of 13 September 2001 was conducted. During the two-hour experiment, the radial distance of the satellite from the Moon varied from 28 to 24 Rm, where Rm is in lunar radii. |
| File Size | 96435 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020074705 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5p897f08 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Long Wave Radiation Lunar Surface Lunar Radar Echoes Lunar Topography Radar Cross Sections Reflectance Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
