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by sveit 2494 days ago
Also see the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO)[0]: "APOLLO measures the round-trip travel time of laser pulses bounced off the lunar retroreflectors[1] to a precision of a few picoseconds, corresponding to about one millimeter of precision in range to the moon."

[0]: https://tmurphy.physics.ucsd.edu/apollo/apollo.html

[1]: https://tmurphy.physics.ucsd.edu/apollo/lrrr.html