A Lunar laser ranging retroreflector array for the 21st century

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 667-680

  Currie, Douglas ^a,b,c   Dell'Agnello, Simone ^c   Delle Monache, Giovanni ^c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cube Corner Reflector; ILN; LLRRA 21; Lunar Laser Ranging; NASA Lunar Science Institute; Optical technology; Retroreflector; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

CUBE-CORNER REFLECTORS; ILN; LLRRA-21; LUNAR LASER RANGING; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; RETRO REFLECTOR; THERMAL MODELING;

ASTRONOMY; GEOMETRY; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFLECTION; RELATIVITY; SUN; TECHNOLOGY; TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS;

LUNAR LANDING;

EID: 79551534792     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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