Lunar Laser Ranging experiment

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lunar_Laser_Ranging_experiment
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific research
gptkbp:accuracy millimeter precision
gptkbp:additionalRetroreflectorDeployment gptkb:Lunokhod_1
gptkb:Apollo_14
gptkb:Apollo_15
gptkb:Lunokhod_2
gptkbp:enables test of general relativity
study of Earth rotation
study of lunar interior
test of equivalence principle
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
physics
gptkbp:firstRetroreflectorDeployment gptkb:Apollo_11
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lunar Laser Ranging experiment
gptkbp:location gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Moon
gptkbp:measures gravitational physics
Earth-Moon distance
lunar libration
lunar orbit variations
relativity tests
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkb:Observatoire_de_la_Côte_d'Azur
gptkb:McDonald_Observatory
gptkb:Apache_Point_Observatory
gptkbp:purpose measure distance between Earth and Moon
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkb:Soviet_Lunokhod_program
gptkbp:startDate 1969
gptkbp:uses lasers
retroreflectors
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:weak_equivalence_principle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6