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Proposal Identification No.:

R2793

Date Received:

2013-Mar-02 15:12:58

Technical Page
This proposal has been submitted before. The previous proposal number is R2793. Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Regular Planetary Radar Solar System 12 Hours

Prop osal Title: Bistatic Observations of the Moon using Arecib o and the Mini-RF Receiver on the LRO Spacecraft ABSTRACT:
Both Arecibo and Mini-RF have successfully mapped two thirds of the lunar surface including more than 99% of both polar regions. Analysis of these data has revealed the existence of permanently shadowed craters that have a radar signature consistent with the presence of ice deposits such as those seen on at the poles of Mercury (Spudis et al., 2010) but similar features are seen elsewhere on the moon, suggesting that they are due to surface roughness (Campbell et al., 2006). By conducting bistatic measurements of these craters, using AO and Mini-RF, we can distinguish between these possibilities. Due to hardware problems at Arecibo, none of the observations requested in the previous cycle could be performed.

Name Ben Bussey

Institution Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

E-mail ben.bussey@jhuapl.edu

Phone

Student no

Remote Observing Request

X

Observer will travel to AO Remote Observing In Absentia (instructions to operator)

Instrument Setup
S-Band radar Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

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Sp ecial Equipment or setup:

none

RFI Considerations Frequency Ranges Planned
2380 MHz

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