Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
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Location(s) | Jinke Village, People's Republic of China |
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Illuminated diameter | 300 m (984 ft 3 in) |
Alternative names | FAST |
First light | 3 July 2016 |
Wavelength | 0. 10 m (3. 0 GHz)-4. 3 m (70 MHz) |
Did you know | The 500-meter radio telescope is made up of 4,450 triangular panels. |
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ID | 1088828 |
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.