METHOD TO ANALYSE PLANETS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC G01S3/72 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: space radio telescopes (RT) are placed in orbits with radii of up to 300 billion kilometres from the Sun and with different inclinations to ecliptic plane. Said RTs and ground RTs are grouped to make at least one radio interferometer with superlong base (SLBR) to seek for planets with lightning-active atmospheres. System of RTs incorporated with one SLBR is directed to the planet selected for analysis to receive electromagnetic radiation from lightning discharge in synchronism and with referencing to universal time system, particularly, electromagnetic radiation reflected from the planet underlying surface in the area of every discharge. Accumulated data from all RTs are transmitted by commands from surface control station to ground reception stations. Standard correlation process is used to process obtained data array and to construct the underlying surface images in the area of every lightning discharge. Multiple maps of local surface areas are combined to construct the surface map of the entire planet.

EFFECT: possibility to analyse the planets orbiting nearby stars located some 2000 light years from the Sun.

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