Arecibo Telescope
The Arecibo Telescope is now destroyed by a collapse.[1]
The radio telescope was a Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). spherical reflector dish built into a natural sinkhole at the Arecibo Observatory which was completed in November 1963.
For more than 50 years, the Arecibo Telescope was the world's largest single-aperture telescope. In July 2016 the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in China was put into service.
On 19 November 2020, the National Science Foundation announced that they would close and dismantle the telescope.[2][3][4] On 1 December 2020, the telescope collapsed.[5][6]
Arecibo Telescope Media
Map of Arecibo Observatory after November 2020 cable damage
The Arecibo Telescope during demolition process, December 2021
The Arecibo message with added color to highlight the separate parts. The actual binary transmission carried no color information.
References
- ↑ BBC News. [1]
- ↑ "NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory's 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns [News Release 20-010]". www.nsf.gov. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ↑ Clery, Daniel (November 19, 2020). "Famed Arecibo telescope, on the brink of collapse, will be dismantled". Science | AAAS. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ↑ Witze, A (November 2020). "Legendary Arecibo telescope will close forever - scientists are reeling". Nature. 587 (7835): 529–530. Bibcode:2020Natur.587..529W. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-03270-9. PMID 33214727.
- ↑ "Giant Arecibo radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico". The Guardian. 1 December 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/arecibo-radio-telescope-collapses-puerto-rico. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ Coto, DÁNICA (December 1, 2020). Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses. Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-0da6abb251f455977bf0c752348e712e. Retrieved December 1, 2020.