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I'm here to talk to you about

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an exciting radio telescope
that is going to be placed on the moon.

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It is called ROLSES

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It stands for Radio Wave

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Observations from the Lunar
Surface of the Photoelectron Sheath.

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It's a mouthful, but actually it's
a very simple instrument and it's

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going to detect all kinds
of radio emission that is falling

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on the moon.

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Right now, it is close to solar maximum.

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So the sun is producing

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a lot of coronal mass ejections
and radio emission associated with them.

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And we can detect these radio bursts
from the Sun. Jupiter can produce

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radio emission in this wavelength
that we are interested in.

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And we can observe Jupiter.

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Even the Milky Way galaxy produces a
low level of radio emission.

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We can detect those radio emissions.

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We also produce a lot of radio emission
by manmade transmitters from Earth.

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And this radio interference
can reach the moon.

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Characterization of the radio
environment of the moon is very important.

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That's not been completely done.

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And therefore,
ROLSES will be able to contribute in

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identifying various sources
of radio emission on the Sun.

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If you are setting up
an observatory on the moon,

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we should know what kind of radio
interference we get back.

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Commercial lunar payload

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services, NASA
and American companies working together.