The APOLLO 11 moon landing crew (for all you moon landing deniers out there) left a retro-reflecting panel on the moon’s surface for hyper- accurate surface-to-surface distance measurements. Given the time interval from laser pulse transmission on earth to reception of the reflected pulse back on earth measured as 2.51s, what is the surface-to-surface distance to the moon?

Q: Suppose you send a probe to land on Mercury, and the probe transmits radio signals to earth at a…

A: λ-λ0λ0=vc λ0 is the actual wavelength λ is the observed wavelength

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A: The Apollo 11 mission concluded exactly eight days, three hours, 18 minutes and 35 seconds after…

Q: If Mars is 1.5x108 km from Earth, how long does it take radio signals from the Curiosity rover to…

A: distance of mars from earth = 1.5 * 108 km   = 1.5 * 1011 m speed of light = 3 * 105 km/sec

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A: Given: Radiation emitted = 1.98×1017 W Radiation absorbed = 1.11 ×1017 W

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Q: Calculate the energy flux density, Fm , at the average distance of Mars from the Sun, rm , (energy…

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A: a) Write the expression for the area and substitute the corresponding values. A=4πR2A=4π(1.5×1011…

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A: Solution:   Given Values, Linear diameter (d)=0.8 mdistance (D)=230 Km

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Q: he Magellan spacecraft transmitted radio signals down through the clouds on Venus and heard an echo…

A: Given data time t=0.000193 sec

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A: Let us see by which ways one can observe atmosphere and flowing liquid in the Mars.

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A: Mars Direct is a proposal for a human mission to Mars which purports to be both cost-effective and…

Q: How long would a radar signal take to complete a roundtrip between Earth and Mars when the two…

A: Given data d=0.7 AU

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A: We know, d=s×t   Here, the signal was received 2.6 seconds later. It is the time taken by the signal…

Q: you transmitted radio signals to the Moon when it is 397,000 km from Earth and waited to receive the…

A: Distance from moon to earth =397,000kmSpeed of radiowave =3*108 m/sTime, t = ?

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Q: If we transmitted radio signals to Mercury when it was closest to Earth and waited to hear the radar…

A: t=2dc d is the distance between Earth and Mercury.

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A: Remote spectroscopy is a technique that involves analyzing the spectral properties of a target…

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Q: At what frequencies does IRNSS satellites transmit their signals?

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Q: What are the different types of remote spectroscopy? List them all with a explanation

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A: Given The closest approach distance between Mars and Earth is 56 million km. abs the velocity v=…

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Speed of light

The speed at which the light travels in a vacuum is unbiased for both the source and inertial frame of reference of the observer. This was postulated by the physicist, Albert Einstein, by observing the theory of electromagnetism of Maxwell. Also, there was no evidence for the luminiferous aether, that is, the medium for the propagation of light where the electromagnetic field exists.