Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope photograph

Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

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Location(s)Jinke Village, People's Republic of China
Illuminated diameter300 m (984 ft 3 in)
Alternative names FAST
First light3 July 2016
Wavelength0. 10 m (3. 0 GHz)-4. 3 m (70 MHz)
Did you knowThe 500-meter radio telescope is made up of 4,450 triangular panels.
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About Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope


The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, nicknamed Tianyan is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression, a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou, southwest China. It consists of a fixed 500 m diameter dish constructed in a natural depression in the landscape.

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