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Lunokhod 1 found, A new target for laser ranging
SteveM
post Apr 26 2010, 11:03 PM
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This press release tells us that the Apache Point Observatory is now getting laser ranges to the newly recovered Lunokhod 1. The reflected signal is twice as strong as that from Lunokhod 2 and this new target means there are now five functioning reflectors on the moon.

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- SteveM   Lunokhod 1 found   Apr 26 2010, 11:03 PM
- - nprev   Huh. Very cool! Score another victory for LRO...   Apr 26 2010, 11:46 PM
- - SteveM   There's a preprint of a paper summarizing the ...   Sep 30 2010, 12:20 PM

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