DMR

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DMR is a scientific instrument aboard the COBE satellite designed to measure tiny variations in the cosmic microwave background radiation across the sky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf scientific instrument ⓘ
spaceborne microwave radiometer ⓘ
aboard COBE satellite ⓘ
Cosmic Background Explorer ⓘ
angularResolution about 7 degrees ⓘ
associatedNobelPrize 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
coexistsWith DIRBE ⓘ
FIRAS ⓘ
contributedTo precision cosmology ⓘ
dataArchive NASA LAMBDA archive ⓘ
dataUsedFor cosmological parameter estimation ⓘ
tests of inflationary cosmology ⓘ
designedTo measure cosmic microwave background anisotropies ⓘ
measure temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background ⓘ
discovered large-scale CMB temperature anisotropies ⓘ
fieldOfView large angular scale ⓘ
fullName Differential Microwave Radiometers ⓘ
hasFrequencyChannel 31.5 GHz ⓘ
53 GHz ⓘ
90 GHz ⓘ
hostMissionAgency NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
hostSpacecraftInclination about 99 degrees ⓘ
hostSpacecraftOrbitType Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
launchDate 1989-11-18 ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta rocket ⓘ
measurementType differential measurements ⓘ
microwave radiometry ⓘ
missionEndYear 1993 ⓘ
missionStartYear 1989 ⓘ
numberOfFrequencyChannels 3 ⓘ
observes cosmic microwave background radiation ⓘ
microwave sky ⓘ
operatedBy NASA ⓘ
operatedIn low Earth orbit ⓘ
partOf COBE payload ⓘ
primaryGoal detect large-scale anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background ⓘ
map temperature variations across the sky ⓘ
produced full-sky CMB temperature maps ⓘ
providedEvidenceFor Big Bang cosmology ⓘ
primordial density fluctuations ⓘ
scanningStrategy full-sky coverage ⓘ
skyCoverage nearly 100 percent of the sky ⓘ
successorInstrument Planck LFI ⓘ
linked to: Planck focal plane

WMAP ⓘ
teamLeader George F. Smoot ⓘ
temperatureSensitivity tens of microkelvin ⓘ
wavelengthRange microwave ⓘ

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COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer → abbreviation → DMR ⓘ