American astronomers have made high quality radio images of the Moon in wide resolution. This was reported by the press service of the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
As noted, the pictures were taken as part of tests of the new Green Bank Telescope (GBT) radio telescope in West Virginia, the world’s largest full-turn radio telescope.
The telescope has a new sensor from Raytheon Intelligence & Space, they write at the observatory. He sent a radio signal into space, and the reflected signal was received by the NRAO VLBA complex – a network of 10 observation stations throughout the United States, each of which is equipped with a 25-meter antenna.
Researchers managed to get images with detail up to five meters in the place where Apollo 15 landed in 1971 (click on the pictures to enlarge)
Observatory director Tony Beasley believes the project will greatly expand opportunities for exciting new research.
Reportedly, based on the data obtained during the tests, it is planned to develop a more powerful radar system that will be able to display objects in the solar system with unprecedented detail and sensitivity.
The high power will improve the detection and visualization of small objects passing by the Earth, satellites of other planets and various objects in the solar system, the observatory explains. Scientists believe that it will also allow the use of radio signals for research in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune, which will expand the understanding of the solar system.
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