41. At angles other than the backscatter direction, the light intensity is subject to numerous essentially random fluctuations called speckles. 42. Proponents say that a backscatter X-ray scan is equivalent to the radiation received during two minutes of flying. 43. Backscatter : The retractable rod is lowered so that it is even with the detector but still within the instrument.44. This result suggests that the principal cause of the lunar opposition surge is shadow-hiding rather than coherent backscatter . 45. From 1988 to 1991 it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter ( OTH-B ) radar for Tactical Air Command. 46. The other boom carried a backscatter densitometer that was used to infer the density of the lunar near-surface regolith. 47. The best thing to do in this case, is to silently drop the message, rather than risk creating backscatter . 48. This also prevents the backscatter off of conventional hard windows from corrupting the desired measurements on the cloud inside the chamber. 49. The Backscatter article could definitely use some improvement though . talk ) 20 : 08, 16 February 2010 ( UTC) 50. From 1985-1991, it operated Over The Horizion Backscatter ( OTH-B ) radar for Tactical Air Command.