photopolarimeter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of photopolarimeter
Example Sentences
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We successfully negotiate the treacherous radiation belts of Jupiter with only one instrument, the photopolarimeter, damaged.
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Only one instrument, the photopolarimeter, had failed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still another experiment involves Voyager 2's photopolarimeter, a light-measuring device that failed on the first flight..
From Time Magazine Archive
The difference is that Pioneer is equipped with a relatively crude camera-like instrument called an imaging photopolarimeter; the Voyagers have far more sophisticated TV-camera systems.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the asteroid belt, Pioneer will use more sophisticated sensors: an array of four small telescopes that have been aligned to measure the brightness, speed and direction of passing particles, and a sensitive light-measuring photopolarimeter that should glean even more detailed information from the reflected light of nearby asteroids.
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