Green bank telescope makes arecibo connection to image asteroid
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 07:32
in Astronomy & Space
Like a pinch-hitter driving in the game-winning run, the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) stepped up to the plate to help astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory study and image a rapidly fleeing asteroid before it sailed beyond view. The tag-team observation was accomplished with Arecibo's powerful transmitter first sending radar pulses at the asteroid known as 2006 SX 217 and the Green Bank Telescope's sensitive receivers later capturing the echo.