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    Radar astronomy is a technique of observing nearby astronomical objects by reflecting radio waves or microwaves off target objects and analyzing their...
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    components, rather than the size of its components. Radio astronomy differs from radar astronomy in that the former is a passive observation (i.e., receiving...
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    completion in November 1963, the Telescope had been used for radar astronomy and radio astronomy, and had been part of the Search for extraterrestrial intelligence...
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    of radar are highly diverse, including air and terrestrial traffic control, radar astronomy, air-defense systems, anti-missile systems, marine radars to...
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    used to be called a radar range. In later years radar was used in scientific instruments, such as weather radar and radar astronomy. In 1886–1888 the German...
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    Telescope was primarily used for research in radio astronomy, atmospheric science, and radar astronomy, as well as for programs that search for extraterrestrial...
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    precipitation in the air. Pulse-Doppler radar is also the basis of synthetic aperture radar used in radar astronomy, remote sensing and mapping. In air traffic...
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    Corps in 1946 to bounce radar signals off the Moon and receive the reflected signals. This was the first experiment in radar astronomy and the first active...
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    such as Dawn can image particular asteroids in much finer detail, radar astronomy can investigate many more asteroids of different characteristics. For...
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    Steven J. Ostro (category People associated with radar)
    American scientist specializing in radar astronomy. He worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ostro led radar observations of numerous asteroids...
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  • facilities that support interplanetary spacecraft missions, and radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar System and the universe...
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    Albedo (section Radar albedo)
    {\displaystyle H} is the absolute magnitude. In planetary radar astronomy, a microwave (or radar) pulse is transmitted toward a planetary target (e.g. Moon...
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  • skater Alexander Zaitsev (astronomer) (1945–2021), Russian scientist in radar astronomy and SETI Alexander Zaytsev (chemist) (1841–1910), Russian chemist Alexander...
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    Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry...
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    Imaging radar is an application of radar which is used to create two-dimensional images, typically of landscapes. Imaging radar provides its light to...
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    of radar during World War II created technology which was applied to radio astronomy after the war, and radio astronomy became a branch of astronomy, with...
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    433 Eros (redirect from Eros (astronomy))
    Butrica, Andrew J. (1996). To See the Unseen: A history of planetary radar astronomy (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
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  • engineering in 1990. His research interests include radar imaging, optical signal processing, and radar astronomy. From August 19 to 22 of 1989, Hudson and Steven...
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    Planetary Radar Astronomy. NASA History Office, Washington D.C. ISBN 978-0-16-048578-7. Pettengill, Gordon H.; Dyce, Rolf B. (1965). "A Radar Determination...
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    NASA Deep Space Network (category Radio astronomy)
    NASA's interplanetary spacecraft missions. It also performs radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar System and the universe...
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  • the purpose of bouncing radar waves off the moon to demonstrate their potential use in defense, communication, and radar astronomy were developed. The first...
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  • sensitive radio telescope located at the observatory Arecibo Planetary Radar, a radar astronomy station located at the radio telescope Arecibo Telescope University...
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    Alexander Zaitsev (astronomer) (category People associated with radar)
    engineer and astronomer from Fryazino. He worked on radar astronomy devices, near-Earth asteroid radar research, and SETI. Zaitsev received his M.Sc. degree...
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  • H. DeWitt Jr. (1906–1999), American pioneer in radio broadcasting, radar astronomy and photometry John DeWitt (gridiron football) (born 1970), American...
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    Theoretical astronomy is the use of analytical and computational models based on principles from physics and chemistry to describe and explain astronomical...
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    only at low resolution: See also the radar images at "Near-Earth object". Astronomy Timeline of Solar System astronomy Timeline of discovery of Solar System...
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    Vladimir Kotelnikov (category People associated with radar)
    6 September 1908 – 11 February 2005) was an information theory and radar astronomy pioneer from the Soviet Union. He was elected a member of the Russian...
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    a second must be very precise. The Lunar Laser Ranging experiment, radar astronomy and the Deep Space Network determine distances to the Moon, planets...
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    J. (30 July – 6 August 1958). "A lunar radar study at 10-cm wavelength". Paris Symposium on Radio Astronomy. IAU Symposium no. 9 (9): 19. Bibcode:1959IAUS...
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  • Quantum optics Quantum tunneling Quantum Zeno effect Radar Radar astronomy Radar cross section Radar gun Radio propagation Radio waves Radiosity (heat transfer)...
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