Science Sampler: Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope Project

by: Mary Ibe and Dave MacLaren

The Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) project involved thousands of student scientists across the nation in the collection and analysis of astronomical data using a 34-meter radio telescope. These students contributed to the work of the world’s foremost authorities on space science when they forwarded their information to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists. The JPL scientists used the information to expand their studies of Jupiter, Uranus, and variable quasars.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 5/1/2003Stock # ss03_026_08_58Volume 026Issue 08

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