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Proposal Identification No.:

R2793 Arecibo Observatory

Date Received: 2013-Mar-02 15:12:58 William E. Gordon Telescope Observing Time Request COVER SHEET

Section I - General Information
Submitted for Mar 1 2013. This proposal has been submitted before. The previous proposal number is R2793. Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Time Requested this semester: Hours Next Semester: Hours already used for this pro ject: Additional Hours required to complete pro ject: Minimum Useful Time: Expected Data Storage: Regular Planetary Radar Solar System 12 12 6 24 less than 100 GB

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. Outreach Abstract:

Name Ben Bussey

Michael X Nolan

Institution Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Arecibo Observatory

E-mail ben.bussey@jhuapl.edu

Phone

Student no

nolan@naic.edu

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Additional Authors
Lynn Carter, GSFC, lynn.m.carter@nasa.gov Catherine Neish, GSFC, Catherine.Neish@jhuapl.edu Josh Cahill, JHUAPL, Joshua.Cahill@jhuapl.edu Brad Thompson, Boston University, b jt@bu.edu Wes Patterson, JHUAPL, Wes.Patterson@jhuapl.edu

This work is not part of a thesis.

Remote Observing Request

X

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

Section I I - Time Request
The following times are in UT. For these observations night-time is not needed.

Begin ­ End Interval­Interval ­ ­ ­ ­

Days Needed at This Interval

Time Constraints (Must Be Justified in the Prop osal Text) Days will depend on spacecraft ephemeris, which is not known more than 35 days in advance.

Next Semester Time Request

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Begin ­ End Interval­Interval ­ ­ ­ ­

Days Needed at This Interval

Time Constraints (Must Be Justified in the Prop osal Text)

Section I I I - Instruments Needed
S-Band radar Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

Sp ecial Equipment or setup:

none

Section IV - RFI Considerations Frequency Ranges Planned
2380 MHz

Section V - Observing List Target List
LRO Spacecraft in orbit around the Moon

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