APOLLO: the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation: Instrument Description and First Detections

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2007-10-03

arxiv.org/abs/0710.0890v2

Publ.Astron.Soc.Pac.120:20-37,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

37 pages; 10 figures; 1 table: accepted for publication in PASP

Scientific paper

10.1086/526428

A next-generation lunar laser ranging apparatus using the 3.5 m telescope at the Apache Point Observatory in southern New Mexico has begun science operation. APOLLO (the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation) has achieved one-millimeter range precision to the moon which should lead to approximately one-order-of-magnitude improvements in the precision of several tests of fundamental properties of gravity. We briefly motivate the scientific goals, and then give a detailed discussion of the APOLLO instrumentation.

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