Apollo:. Next Generation Lunar Laser Ranging

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Sep 2008

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"THE ELEVENTH MARCEL GROSSMANN MEETING On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation an

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Lunar Ranging, Solar System Tests

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APOLLO (the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation) is a new effort in lunar laser ranging that uses the Apollo-landed retroreflector arrays to perform tests of gravitational physics. APOLLO achieved its first range return in October, 2005, and began its science campaign the following spring. The strong signal (> 2500 photons in a ten minute period) translates to one-millimeter random range uncertainty, constituting at least an order-of-magnitude gain over previous stations. One-millimeter range precision will translate into order-of-magnitude gains in our ability to test the weak and strong equivalence principles, the time rate of change of Newton's gravitational constant, the phenomenon of gravitomagnetism, and the inverse-square law.

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