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Arecibo is a radio telescope, not radar. It receives radio waves transmitted by objects in space, but doesn't send and bounce them off objects.
by farnsworth 9y ago
Arecibo is a radio telescope, not radar. It receives radio waves transmitted by objects in space, but doesn't send and bounce them off objects.
- thirdhaf 9y agoArecibo is and has been used for radar astronomy as well https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_astronomy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_astronomy
- farnsworth 9y agoWhoa, I had no idea - thanks! Should have mentioned that IANAAstronomer.
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