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Posted by Peter on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 9:52am.

A spacecraft in orbit around the moon measures its altitude by reflecting a pulsed 10Mz radio signal from the surface. If the spacecraft is 10km high what is the time between the emission of the pulse and the detection of the echo?

Physics - bobpursley, Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 10:06am
TIME= 2* DISTANCE/SPEEDLIGHT

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