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RefNoTG/1/1/47
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas Gold to Dr Fred L Whipple, Director, Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts
Date31 July 1963
DescriptionThanking Whipple for his letter on the Gordon Conference. Discusses radio penetration of porous rock and conditions on the Moon. Comments on the Moon as a poor radar reflector, and on the 'phase and intensity of the diurnal temperature component observed at wavelengths between 8 millimeters and 3 centimeters'. Promises Whipple a heavy review paper on the subject.
Extent2p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
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