Whatever replaces the destroyed radio telescope will likely be smaller than the original, but a group of astronomers is arguing that its size won't matter.
, earlier this year the NSF announced that the collapsed telescope would be maintained through September, to allow for a smooth transition into Arecibo’s next form—whatever that might be.last month, a team of astronomers, including Anish Roshi, the head of radio astronomy at Arecibo, proposed that a tiltable array of antennae could form the Next-Generation Arecibo Telescope .
Instead of one massive dish the plan describes a cost-effective alternative between 426 feet and 574 feet across . The weight of the proposed NGAT is 4,300 tons. The team argues that the proposed telescope’s performance “surpasses all other radar and single dish facilities.”That’s a big claim, but one that may be needed to make the telescope a reality.
Whatever takes the place of Arecibo certainly won’t be the same scale as the historic observatory, whose . But its successor will somehow fit the goal of scientific pursuit, even if it’s not directly involved in scientific observations.
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