Keyword: F-18
A Sonic Boom
4.05.2003
Astronomy From An F-18
28.01.2000
4.05.2003
Many people have heard a sonic boom, but few have seen one. When an airplane travels at a speed faster than sound, density waves of sound emitted by the plane cannot precede the plane, and so accumulate in a cone behind the plane.
Astronomy From An F-18
28.01.2000
In an era of blossoming ground and space-based observatories, astronomers are also pushing the envelope with airborne instrumentation - successfully capturing an asteroid occultation from a high performance jet aircraft. This blinking animation represents...
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