Apollo 11 astronauts left an array of corner mirrors on the


Apollo 11 astronauts left an array of "corner mirrors" on the Moon, each one consisting of three mirrors arranged at mutual right angles like the corner of a box. A corner mirror has the property that light shined on it from any angle is reflected back exactly in the direction from which it came. Scientists subsequently directed a brief pulse of light from a powerful laser at the mirror assembly on the Moon, and measured the time required for it to travel to the array and return back to Earth: 2.56 s. How far away was the array of mirrors at that time?

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