The Return of the Radar King

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After several months of downtime since Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Observatory Planetary Radar has returned to normal operations. New radar images obtained from December 16-18, 2017 provide the highest-resolution images to date of near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon during its close approach to Earth. READ MORE »