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Green Bank Telescope

telescope, West Virginia, United States

Also known as: GBT, Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope

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…in the world is the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) located in Green Bank, West Virginia. This 110-by-100-metre (360-by-330-foot) off-axis radio telescope was completed in 2000 and operates at wavelengths as short as a few millimetres. The moving structure, which weighs 7.3 million kg (16 million pounds), points…
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