The LVST

When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere it acquires heat due to the formation of a shock wave and creates a trail of ionised gas or plasma. The plasma reflects radar signals.

"The LVST makes use of the 'back and forward scatter' of radio waves broadcast by the GRAVES radar transmitter which operates at 143.05 MHz and is located near Dijon in the South of France . Please explore the data on the following pages which the Jodrell Plank Team hope to build upon over the coming years. Meteors have shaped our planet and created the opportunity for our mammal ancestors to exploit. Without the intervention of the Chicxulub Meteor, 66 million years ago, we would not have evolved and the dinosaurs would still be in charge"! Jodrell Plank Community outreach coordinator – Karl Seguine

"We choose to capture radar reflections in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we’re willing to accept. One we are unwilling to postpone" - James Tiberius Kirk

"For more information regarding the Jodrell Plank Observatory and images obtained using optical telescopes please follow the link" - Joel Cairo - CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory

The Jodrell Plank Observatory

"Some of humanity's greatest achievements were accomplished in the rudest of timber sheds" - Kurt Thrust - current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory - Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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Cabine du Jardin Deux