H. H. Plotkin
Goddard Space Flight Center
17 Papers
208 Citations
H. H. Plotkin is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Retroreflector & Lunar Laser Ranging experiment. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 17 publications. Previous affiliations of H. H. Plotkin include University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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Papers
The Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment: Accurate ranges have given a large improvement in the lunar orbit and new selenophysical information.
Peter L. Bender,Douglas G. Currie,S. K. Poultney,C. O. Alley,R. H. Dicke,David T. Wilkinson,D. H. Eckhardt,James E. Faller,William M. Kaula,J. D. Mulholland,H. H. Plotkin,E. C. Silverberg,James G. Williams +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, a specific study of design questions related to the operation of retroreflectors on the lunar surface indicated that a reflector panel containing a number of solid fused silica corner reflectors would be capable of maintaining essentially diffraction limited performance under direct solar illumination.
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Optical radar using a corner reflector on the moon.
C. O. Alley,Peter L. Bender,R. H. Dicke,James E. Faller,P. A. Franken,H. H. Plotkin,David T. Wilkinson +6 more
TL;DR: Lunar corner reflector landing proposal for laser beam precision measurements including Moon orbit, size, ephemeris time and libration as discussed by the authors was made for laser-beam precision measurements.
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Polar Motion from Laser Tracking of Artificial Satellites
TL;DR: Measurements of the range to the Beacon Explorer C spacecraft from a single laser tracking system at Goddard Space Flight Center have been used to determine the change in latitude of the station arising from polar motion.
Laser technology for high precision satellite tracking
H. H. Plotkin
- 01 Jan 1974
TL;DR: In this paper, fixed and mobile laser ranging stations have been developed to track satellites equipped with retro-reflector arrays, using Q-switched ruby lasers with pulse durations of 20 to 40 nanoseconds.
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Performance Modeling of an Airborne Raman Water Vapor Lidar
David N. Whiteman,Geary Schwemmer,Timothy A. Berkoff,H. H. Plotkin,Luis Ramos-Izquierdo,Gelsomina Pappalardo +5 more
- 06 Aug 2013
TL;DR: A sophisticated Raman lidar numerical model is developed to simulate the performance of two ground-based Raman water-vapor lidar systems and indicates that, under many circumstances, the daytime measurements possess comparable quality to an existing airborne differential absorption water-waste lidar whereas the nighttime measurements have improved spatial and temporal resolution.