Astronomy: The Most Accurate Measurement of Mercury

Title

Astronomy: The Most Accurate Measurement of Mercury

Identifier

10670

Abstract

For eleven minutes the great 85-ft. radio telescope at Goldstone in the Mojave Desert beamed a burst of powerful microwaves at the sky. Then scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory turned off...

Publication Title

Time

Publication Date

1963-6-7

Files

Collection

TIME magazine

Reference

'Astronomy: The Most Accurate Measurement of Mercury', TIME magazine

Cite As

“Astronomy: The Most Accurate Measurement of Mercury,” Past Periodicals, accessed April 18, 2021, https://unsettlingscientificstories.omeka.net/items/show/72907.