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    A retroreflector (sometimes called a retroflector or cataphote) is a device or surface that reflects radiation (usually light) back to its source with...
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    Retroreflectors are devices which reflect light back to its source. Six were left at six sites on the Moon by three crews of the Apollo program, two by...
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    reflected back to Earth by the Moon's surface or by one of several retroreflectors installed on the Moon. Three were placed by the United States' Apollo...
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    The Laser Ranging Retroreflector (LRRR) is the first ever deployable lunar laser ranging experiment. It was carried on Apollo 11 as part of the Early Apollo...
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    came. This configuration is similar to a cat's eye retroreflector. However a cat's eye retroreflector needs a refractive index of around 2, while water...
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    A corner reflector is a retroreflector consisting of three mutually perpendicular, intersecting flat reflective surfaces. It reflects waves incident from...
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  • Reflector, a device that causes reflection (for example, a mirror or a retroreflector) Reflector (photography), used to control lighting contrast Reflecting...
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    of flight of ultrashort pulses of light to satellites equipped with retroreflectors. This provides instantaneous range measurements of millimeter level...
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  • Measuring tape Plane table Pole (surveying) Prism (surveying) (corner cube retroreflector) Prismatic compass (angle measurement) Ramsden surveying instruments...
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    PrOP odometer/penetrometer, a RV-2N radiation detector, and a TL laser retroreflector. An urban legend was spread among the Soviet Union that the Lunokhod...
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    recorded. The presence of retroreflectors (mirrors used as targets for Earth-based tracking lasers) from the Laser Ranging Retroreflector Experiment (LRRR) is...
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    eyes act as a strong retroreflector, sometimes seen at night when walking in wildlands with a flashlight. A simple retroreflector can be made by placing...
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  • LRRR may refer to: Laser Ranging Retroreflector, for Lunar laser ranging Lrrr, a character in the TV series Futurama Land Rover Range Rover, a series of...
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    astronauts deployed a retroreflector on February 5, 1971, and McDonald Observatory detected it the same day. The Apollo 15 retroreflector was deployed on July...
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    and some other animals. Lying immediately behind the retina, it is a retroreflector. It reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light...
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    Passive Seismic Experiment Package used to measure moonquakes and a retroreflector array used for the lunar laser ranging experiment. Then Armstrong walked...
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    A safety reflector is a retroreflector intended for pedestrians, runners, motorized and non-motorized vehicles. A safety reflector is similar to reflective...
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  • curve fitting PRISM (reactor), a small nuclear power plant design A retroreflector, used in surveying Prism Rail, a British passenger rail company Prism...
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  • Reticle – Aim markings in optical devices, e.g. crosshairs Radio plate Retroreflector – Device to reflect radiation back to its source Scaphe – Sundial said...
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  • investigate the apartment block ghost, which they learn is a kaiju wearing a retroreflector suit to appear invisible. As it rampages through the city, they escape...
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    provided by numerous manufacturers for various applications. As with any retroreflector, sheeting glows brightly when there is a small angle between the observer's...
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    eliminates the need for an assistant staff member, as the operator holds the retroreflector and controls the total station from the observed point. In practice...
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  • used by airports Slope mass rating, of rock mass Spherically Mounted Retroreflector, a laser tracker target Shintō Musō-ryū, Japanese martial art Sites...
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    back by a tiny NASA retroreflector on board the Vikram lander. The purpose of the experiment was to determine the retroreflector's surface location from...
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    considerations, but as the stations' lunar laser ranging corner-cube retroreflector arrays are passive instruments, they are still being used. Apollo 17...
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  • reflectivity or reflectance of reflecting surfaces Time-domain reflectometer Retroreflector This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Reflectometer...
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    sealed beam Rear position lights Reversing lights Safety reflector retroreflector Stop lights Turn signals trafficators Display Decorative Aroma lamp...
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  • Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS), Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA), and ARGOS data collection system. ISRO is responsible for...
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  • 2.28×10−4. The placement of 3 retroreflectors on the Moon by the Lunar Laser Ranging experiment and 2 retroreflectors by Lunokhod rovers allowed accurate...
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    included the PRARE (Precision Range and Range-Rate Equipment) and a laser retroreflector. The PRARE became non-operational shortly after launch; later analysis...
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