Rationale for a Lunar Liquid Mirror
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A study has been made of the feasibility and scientific potential of a 20 – 100 m aperture astronomical telescope at the lunar pole, with its primary mirror made of spinning liquid at < 100K. Such a telescope, equipped with imaging and multiplexed spectroscopic instruments for a deep infrared survey, would be revolutionary in its power to study the distant universe, including the formation of the first stars and their assembly into galaxies.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005