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Measuring the Moon's Distance
published by the Goddard Space Flight Center
This NASA website gives a 25-year retrospective on how astronomers have used corner reflectors on the moon to learn about its position, its motion, and even its interior. The page describes how these measurements are made and what has been discovered.  The page includes a photo of a retroreflector on the moon.
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/ApolloLaser.html
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Keywords:
corner reflector, light, moon distance, retroreflector
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Metadata instance created June 18, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
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May 6, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
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July 11, 2005
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(Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 1994), WWW Document, (https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/ApolloLaser.html).
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Measuring the Moon's Distance (Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 1994), <https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/ApolloLaser.html>.
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Measuring the Moon's Distance. (2005, July 11). Retrieved May 2, 2025, from Goddard Space Flight Center: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/ApolloLaser.html
Chicago Format
Goddard Space Flight Center. Measuring the Moon's Distance. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, July 11, 2005. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/ApolloLaser.html (accessed 2 May 2025).
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Measuring the Moon's Distance. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, 1994. 11 July 2005. 2 May 2025 <https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/ApolloLaser.html>.
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