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Kuiper Airborne Observatory

The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) was a national facility operated by NASA to support research in infrared astronomy. The observation platform...

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Gerard Kuiper

1776 Kuiper, three craters (Mercurian, lunar, and Martian), Kuiper Scarp in Antarctica, and the now-decommissioned Kuiper Airborne Observatory were also...

Last Update: 2024-02-23T23:17:30Z Word Count : 1137 Synonim Gerard Kuiper

Airborne observatory

determine the nature of Venus' clouds using a spectrosopy. The Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), first flown in 1974, consisted of a 36 in (91 cm) aperture...

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Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

first light on May 26, 2010. SOFIA was the successor to the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. During 10-hour, overnight flights, it observed celestial magnetic...

Last Update: 2024-03-18T03:36:36Z Word Count : 4114 Synonim Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

Observatory

updated much more quickly and inexpensively. The Kuiper Airborne Observatory and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy use airplanes to observe...

Last Update: 2024-03-23T15:57:38Z Word Count : 2231 Synonim Observatory

Infrared astronomy

also airborne observatories, such as the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy and the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. These observatories fly...

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Kuiper (disambiguation)

sized, very young crater on Mercury Kuiper Airborne Observatory, NASA research facility for infrared astronomy Kuiper belt, an area of the solar system...

Last Update: 2023-03-20T03:13:17Z Word Count : 171 Synonim Kuiper (disambiguation)

Infrared telescope

1979– Wyoming Infrared Observatory, 1977- Airborne: Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), 1974-1995 Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)...

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Space Shuttle Columbia

retrieve the Long Duration Exposure Facility and deploy the Chandra observatory, and also carried into space the first female commander of an American...

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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

demonstrator, designated L-300. The airplane was modified to house the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) telescope for use at very high altitudes. This aircraft...

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List of astronomical observatories

observatories that are used to observe celestial objects. Astronomical observatories are mainly divided into four categories: space-based, airborne,...

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Uranus

James L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, and Jessica Mink using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. The discovery was serendipitous; they planned to use the occultation...

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Kao

(painter), Japanese painter Kaō Ninga (fl. early 14th century) Kuiper Airborne Observatory Keith-Albee-Orpheum, abbreviated KAO or K-A-O, owners of an American...

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Ammonia

lines. A spectrum of the disk of Jupiter was obtained from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory, covering the 100 to 300 cm−1 spectral range. Analysis of the...

Last Update: 2024-03-21T22:26:15Z Word Count : 15154 Synonim Ammonia

Eric Becklin

(IRTF) at Mauna Kea, Hawaii and a principal investigator on the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO). On August 23, 2012, in a ceremony held at Dryden Flight...

Last Update: 2023-07-28T18:58:48Z Word Count : 403 Synonim Eric Becklin

Space Shuttle thermal protection system

The Kuiper Airborne Observatory took an infrared image of the underside of Columbia during the reentry of STS-3 to study temperatures. The orbiter was...

Last Update: 2023-12-06T13:42:22Z Word Count : 4074 Synonim Space Shuttle thermal protection system

Halley's Comet

Conversely the Jupiter-family comets are generally believed to originate in the Kuiper belt, a flat disc of icy debris between 30 au (Neptune's orbit) and 50 au...

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Nancy Roman

NASA's airborne astronomy program, beginning with a 12-inch telescope in a Learjet in 1968 and followed in 1974 by the Kuiper Airborne Observatory with...

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Kordylewski cloud

J. Wesley Simpson made observations of the clouds using the Kuiper Airborne Observatory. In October 2018, the existence of the Kordylewski clouds was...

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Palomar Observatory

Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in San Diego County, California, United States, in the Palomar Mountain Range. It is owned...

Last Update: 2024-03-24T18:14:57Z Word Count : 3157 Synonim Palomar Observatory

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Kuiper Airborne Observatory

The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) was a national facility operated by NASA to support research in infrared astronomy. The observation platform was a highly modified Lockheed C-141A Starlifter jet transport aircraft (s/n: 6110, registration: N714NA, callsign: NASA 714) with a range of 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km), capable of conducting research operations at altitudes of up to 48,000 feet (14 km).


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