-
smaller than milli- are
useful in
measuring extremely small angles.
Microradians (μrad, 10−6 rad) and
nanoradians (nrad, 10−9 rad) are used in astronomy...
-
better when
using beam
profilers over irises.
Applications that need
microradian alignment accuracies include earth-to-space communications, earth-to-space...
-
theodolite position.
These angles can be
measured with
accuracies down to
microradians or
seconds of arc. From
these readings a plan can be drawn, or objects...
- (μN) to
millinewton (mN) range), FEEP
thrusters are
primarily used for
microradian,
micronewton attitude control on spacecraft, such as in the ESA/NASA...
-
largest ever
carried on a deep
space mission, and has a
resolution of 1
microradian, or 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) from an
altitude of 300 km (190 mi). In comparison...
- 1⁄1000 of Earth's
rotation rate: 1 MERU = 0.015 degrees/hour ≈ 0.072921
microradian/second.
Sometimes used to
measure the
angular drift rate of an inertial...
- Asteroid), a
Catadioptric camera, a
narrow field of view (FoV) of 2.06°, 25
microradian/pixel, 2048x2048 pixels, monochrome,
achieving a best
resolution of 1...
- as a
large CCD camera.
Because of this, it
achieves a
resolution of 1
microradian, or 0.3
meter at a
height of 300 km. (For
comparison purposes, satellite...
- Mars by JPL, the
Pancam system can
achieve an
angular resolution of 300
microradians,
which is
three times better than the
human eye. It can
observe 14 spectral...
- (degrees) 5.5 15.5 x 8.3 non-applicable 13.3 x 10
Spatial resolution (
microradians) 94.1 133 1000 226
Spectral band (nanometers) 350-1000 665-975 700-1400...
