Question 1: Over the last 10 years, a large number of iceballs have been found in the outer solar system out beyond Pluto. These objects are collectively known as the Kuiper Belt. An amateur astronomer suggests using the radar ranging technique to learn the rotation periods of Kuiper Belt Objects. Do you think that this plan would be successful? Explain why or why not?

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Zechariah Galloway

Physics

1 December, 06:07

Question 1: Over the last 10 years, a large number of iceballs have been found in the outer solar system out beyond Pluto. These objects are collectively known as the Kuiper Belt. An amateur astronomer suggests using the radar ranging technique to learn the rotation periods of Kuiper Belt Objects. Do you think that this plan would be successful? Explain why or why not?

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River Morgan · Answer 1

The plan would not be successful

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Radar ranging is not suitable for this plan because of the challenges that associate with the implementation of radar ranging. The Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects. The distance of these kuiper belts to the earth is enormously large, as soon as the signal is sent, it begins to spread out and the larger the distance the more spread out the signal would have been before getting to its destination, the more the echo that is generated resulting in a very poor signal strength.