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Scientific Impact of Large Telescopes [PDF]
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2001 The scientific impacts of telescopes worldwide have been compared on the basis of their contributions to (a) the 1000 most-cited astronomy papers published 1991-8 (125 from each year), and (b) the 452 astronomy papers published in Nature 1989-98.
C. R. Benn, S. F. Sanchez
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Lunar-like silicate material forms the Earth quasi-satellite (469219) 2016 HO3 Kamoʻoalewa
Communications Earth & Environment, 2021 The Earth’s most stable quasi-satellite, Kamoʻoalewa, displays an extremely red reflectance spectrum typical of space weathering of lunar-like silicate material which raises the possibility that it is formed of material originating from the ...
Benjamin N. L. Sharkey +9 more
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Contemporary Physics, 2023 Extremely large telescopes (ELTs) are considered worldwide to be one of the highest priorities in ground-based astronomy. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is developing an ELT that will have a 39 m main mirror and will be the largest visible and infrared light telescope in the world.
Paolo Padovani, Michele Cirasuolo
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The large size telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array [PDF]
SPIE Proceedings, 2014 The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project aims to implement the world’s largest next generation of Very High Energy gamma-ray Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes devoted to the observation from a few tens of GeV to more than 100 TeV. To view the whole sky, two CTA sites are foreseen, one for each hemisphere.
E. Lorenz +127 more
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Modeling of hydraulic support system for large structures
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2021 In the control of a large structure, hydraulic equipment is often used because it requires a large output. In this study, we focus on the telescope as an example of a large structure, and model its hydraulic support system and analyze its characteristics
Tomoya HATTORI +5 more
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Experimental validation of hydraulic support system for large structures
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2021 In the control of a large structure, hydraulic equipment is often used because it requires a large output. In this study, we focus on a telescope as an example of a large structure, and experimentally verify the basic characteristics of the hydraulic ...
Tomoya HATTORI +7 more
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Io’s Optical Aurorae in Jupiter’s Shadow
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 Decline and recovery timescales surrounding eclipse are indicative of the controlling physical processes in Io’s atmosphere. Recent studies have established that the majority of Io’s molecular atmosphere, SO _2 and SO, condenses during its passage ...
Carl Schmidt +15 more
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A 36 cm robotic optical telescope: Equipment and software
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 The paper describes an optical telescope system and control software for robotic observation of space debris. The telescope has a main aperture of 355 mm, adopts the optical design scheme of primary focus with a large field of view, and is equipped with ...
Jian Sun +9 more
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Nautilus: The advent of large lens-based space telescopes [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2022 One of the most profound and philosophically captivating foci of modern astronomy is studies of Earth-like exoplanets in search of life in the Universe.
Kim Daewook +2 more
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The universe: yours to discover
South African Journal of Science, 2009 Kevin Govender
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