Using Quasars to Measure the Earth
June 25, 2012
VLBI, or Very Long Baseline Interferometry, is a technique that uses multiple radio telescopes to very precisely measure the Earth’s orientation. credit: NASA
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Technology Internet, Interferometry, Radio astronomy, Radio telescopes, Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, European VLBI Network, Toruń Centre for Astronomy, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Quasar, Observational astronomy, Telescopes
