A laser is a source of very intense, monochromatic, and unidirectional beam of light. These properties of a laser light can be exploited to measure long distances. The distance of the Moon from the Earth has been. already determined very precisely using a laser as a source of light. A laser light beamed at the moon takes 2.56 s to return after rejlection at the moon's surface. How much is the radius of the lunar orbit around the earth?