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Also see the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO)[0]: "APOLLO measures the round-trip travel time of laser pulses bounced off the lun
by sveit 7y ago
Also see the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO)[0]: "APOLLO measures the round-trip travel time of laser pulses bounced off the lunar retroreflectors[1] to a precision of a few picoseconds, corresponding to about one millimeter of precision in range to the moon."
[0]: https://tmurphy.physics.ucsd.edu/apollo/apollo.html https://tmurphy.physics.ucsd.edu/apollo/apollo.html
[1]: https://tmurphy.physics.ucsd.edu/apollo/lrrr.html https://tmurphy.physics.ucsd.edu/apollo/lrrr.html