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|doi-access=free }} Using further analysis, this gives a refined figure of {{val|149598845|250|u=km}}.</ref> Once the correct value was known, other groups found echos in their archived data that agreed with these results.<ref name="SP4218"/>
 
The Sun has been detected several times starting in 1959. Frequencies are usually between 25 and 38 &nbsp;MHz, much lower than for interplanetary work. Reflections from both the photosphere and the corona were detected. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Ohlson |first=John E. |date=August 1967-08 |title=A RADAR INVESTIGATION OF THE SOLAR CORONA |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19680007049/downloads/19680007049.pdf |website=NASA Technical Reports Server}}</ref>
 
The following is a list of planetary bodies that have been observed by this means: