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Re: [Phys-L] Moon distance



Would there be a detector in an orbiting craft that might have line-of-sight to the reflector, whist also being in line-of-sight of the earth-based ground station (and perhaps with sinonaut equipped with a protractor?)

As there are already reflectors there on the moon allowing this via a direct route…why?

I hope they do not blow up the moon. (Sorry, The Big Bang Theory reference.)

Keith


On 21/12/2022 18:21, Anthony Lapinski via Phys-l wrote:
I read that China's Change-6 mission will land on the south pole region of
the Moon's far side in 2025. It will collect samples and carry a
retroreflector to measure the Earth-Moon distance. How can this be done
from the far side, or am I missing something?


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