Laser ranging to the lost Lunokhod 1 reflector
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Author's Personal Copy Laser Ranging to the Lost Lunokhod 1 Reflector Additionally, Laser Altimetry from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter
In 1970, the Soviet Lunokhod 1 rover delivered a French-built laser reflector to the Moon. Although a few range measurements were made within three months of its landing, these measurements—and any that may have followed—are unpublished and unavailable. The Lunokhod 1 reflector was, therefore, effectively lost until March of 2010 when images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) provided ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Icarus
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0019-1035
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.010