Laser Transit-Time Measurements between the Earth and the Moon with a Transportable System

C G Lehr,P J Shelus,P W Sozanski,S J Criswell,J D Mulholland,J P Ouellette

doi:10.1126/science.180.4089.954

Laser Transit-Time Measurements between the Earth and the Moon with a Transportable System

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Journal: The Scientific monthly	Publication Date: Jun 1, 1973
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Affiliation: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin

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A high-radiance, pulsed laser system with a transportable transmitting unit was used at Agassiz Station, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard, Massachusetts, to measure the transit times of 25-nanosecond, 10-joule, 530-nanometer pulses from the earth to the Apollo 15 retroreflector on the moon and back.

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