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Partially processed view of Tycho Crater at a resolution of nearly 5 x 5 m and containing approximately 1.4 billion pixels, taken during a radar project by Green Bank Observatory, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and Raytheon Intelligence & Space using the Green Bank Telescope and antennas in the Very Long Baseline Array. Image credit: NRAO / GBO / Raytheon / NSF / AUI.

Radio Astronomers Snap High-Resolution Image of Tycho Crater

Sep 22, 2021 by News Staff

Using new radar technology on the 100-m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, astronomers have imaged a relatively young lunar crater called Tycho. Partially...