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APOLLO and will
Specifically, assuming improvements of a factor of ten over prior measurements, APOLLO will test:
APOLLO will lead to even tighter limits.
APOLLO will improve on all these measurements.
APOLLO will measure all these, plus measure local gravity very precisely, using a precision
APOLLO will probably require improvements in all these models to reach the full accuracy of the measurements.

APOLLO and much
APOLLO is now using Lunokhod 1's reflector for experiments, as they discovered, to their surprise, that it was returning much more light than other reflectors on the Moon.
By using a large telescope at a site with good atmospheric " seeing ", the APOLLO collaboration gets much stronger reflections than any existing facilities.
) The stronger return signal from APOLLO translates to much more accurate measurements.

APOLLO and on
According to a NASA press release, APOLLO researcher Tom Murphy said, " We got about 2, 000 photons from Lunokhod 1 on our first try.
The APOLLO collaboration built their apparatus on the 3. 5 meter telescope at Apache Point in southern New Mexico.
APOLLO is based on measuring the time-of-flight of
Many productions which started at BATS have gone on to gain national and international success, including Ken Duncum's Blue Sky Boys ( 1991 ), the farce The Sex Fiend ( 1989 ) by Stephen Sinclair and Danny Mulheron, Frangipani Perfume ( 1998 ) by Makerita Urale, and APOLLO 13: Mission Control ( 2008 ) by Kip Chapman.

APOLLO and any
In APOLLO, the incoming photons are spread over an array of independent detectors, which reduces the chance that two or more photons hit any one of the detectors.

APOLLO and such
Improvements in technology since then have resulted in greater use of the smaller arrays, by sites such as the Côte d ' Azur Observatory in Grasse, France ; and the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation ( APOLLO ) at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.

APOLLO and .
* ON THE MOON WITH APOLLO 16 A guidebook to the Descartes Region by Gene Simmons, NASA, 1972.
In April 2010, the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation ( APOLLO ) team from the University of California at San Diego used the LRO images to locate the orbiter closely enough for laser range ( distance ) measurements.
For example, the APOLLO Collaboration photon pulse return graph, shown here, has a pattern consistent with a retroreflector array near a known landing site.
Image: LunarPhotons. png | APOLLO Collaboration photon pulse return times
Apart from RIMS Ranchi has APOLLO hospital, Orchid Hospital, Raj Hospital, Rani Children Hospital, Newly built Sadar Hospital with overs 500 beds capacity ( equipped with latest technology ) and many other good private hospitals.
APOLLO shooting a laser at the Moon.
The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation, or APOLLO, is a project at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.
APOLLO improves this even further, measuring the distance between the Moon to an accuracy of a few millimeters.
( Strong is a relative term here — APOLLO records approximately one returned laser photon per pulse, as opposed to the roughly 0. 01 photon-per-pulse average experienced by previous LLR facilities.
This is the basic goal of the APOLLO collaboration.
The APOLLO laser has been operational since October 2005, and routinely accomplishes sub-millimeter level range accuracy between the Earth and the Moon.
The goal of APOLLO is to push LLR into the millimeter range precision, which then translates directly into an order-of-magnitude improvement in the determination of fundamental physics parameters.
APOLLO attacks this problem by using both a bigger telescope and better astronomical seeing.

will and place
The student of ideas and their place in history will always be concerned with the patterns of transition, which are at the same time patterns of transformation, whereby ideas pass from one area of activity to another.
Without preliminaries, Esther asked him, `` If you are a world citizen, will you take Garry Davis' place in his tent while he goes to the hospital ''??
Then off to a remote place in an underdeveloped country where the diet, culture, language and living conditions will be different.
The widespread purge that has taken place the past twelve months or so among Communist leaders in the provinces gives assurance that the party officials who will dominate the Congress, and the Central Committee it will elect, will all have passed the tightest possible Khrushchev screening, both for loyalty to him and for competence and performance on the job.
Who will take Stalin's place beside Lenin??
I know of no other solution than the one N.C. proposes -- to do what we can for each sufferer as he confronts us, hoping that this will spread beyond him to others at some time and some place.
`` Monsieur Favre indicated that if I would co-operate, after you and William are banished, following the debate, I will be given a place of influence ''.
The extent to which we can persuade the less developed countries to appraise their own resources, to set targets toward which they should be working, to establish in the light of this forward perspective the most urgent priorities for their immediate attention, and to do the other things which they must do to help themselves, all on a realistic long-term basis, will depend importantly on the incentives we place before them.
On April 30, ceremonies commemorating the departure of these volunteers will take place at 1:00 P.M. at the Dexter Training Grounds in Providence.
And so, let us remember on this day not only to thank the Almighty Who gave hope and courage to the Pilgrims, but also to place our trust in Him that He will continue to protect us in the future as He has in the past.
Night scenes will add an exciting touch to your vacation travelogue and what better place to take them then along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive??
If you drive greater distances than that, you'll just be skimming the surface and will never discover the enchantment, fascination and beauty which lured you in the first place to explore the hinterlands.
Obviously, a substance which is permanently or temporarily sorbed on the surface in place of the soil will tend to accelerate this process and effectively push off the greasy soil.
In the absence of a reservoir of political consensus each organized political group hopes that the elections will give them new prominence, but in a system where there is as yet no place for the less prominent.
If it is owned, taxes must be paid, and if the place is not free of mortgage, there will be interest and payments on the principal to take care of.
If you are not well acquainted with the area in which you wish to locate, or if you are not sure that you and your family will like and make a success of farming, usually you would do better to rent a place for a year or two before you buy.
The presence of alternative job opportunities also will make the place easier to sell if that should become desirable.
To the extent, then, that declining U.S. prestige means that other nations will be tempted to place their bets on an ultimate American defeat, and will thus be more vulnerable to Soviet intimidation, there is reason for concern.
With its coating of gold radiator paint removed -- a gaucherie of some earlier tenant -- it will now occupy its rightful place in the oval Blue Room on the first floor of the White House.
Progress will take place far less through what is done in any `` summit conference '' of the National Council or the World Council, or even in offices of the denominational boards, than through what happens in the communities where Christian people live together as neighbors.
Of course, the perspective of those who are dealing directly with the world-wide problems of the People of God will always be different from the perspective of those who are dealing with the nearby problems of particular persons in a particular place.
`` The police will have gone over every square inch of the place with a fine-tooth comb.

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