The high-resolution image of the Tycho crater was taken by a telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, using new radar technology that could reveal the solar system's secrets.
The Green Bank Telescope, which is the world's largest steerable radio telescope, was fitted with equipment that allows it to transmit a radar signal into space in 2020. The system, designed by Raytheon Intelligence & Space and the Green Bank Observatory, sends out a radio signal that is bounced back to Earth.
The movement causes tiny differences between the radar pulses. These differences can be examined and used to generate an image more detailed than that which can be produced in stationary observatories. The Tycho crater is named after the 16th-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who made some of the most accurate measurements of the positions of the stars before the development of the telescope. The astronomer is also remembered for his prosthetic brass nose, which he wore after his nose was sliced off during a duel in 1566.
The image of the crater is the latest in a series of tests of the Green Bank Telescope's radar upgrade, which began in November last year. The observatory and its partners have previously captured radar images of the Apollo 15 landing site.
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