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Ornithologists should hang out with astronomers. They do the same naming scheme with telescopes. They've named some classics like the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST).
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52 0 ReplyDon't forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
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H+M = A?
9 0 ReplyFive-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
18 0 ReplyIt's the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope; the person you're replying to left out "Aperture" by mistake.
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Five Hundred Meter Spherical Telescope (FAST)
Where does the 'A' come from?
The phonetic "faiv"?6 0 ReplyCan't beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
4 0 ReplyNot to mention "The Big Bang", and " Spooky Action At a Distance"
2 0 ReplySpooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.
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