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FAST telescope / Marty Gitlin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Engineering featsPublisher: Hallandale, FL : Mitchell Lane Publishers, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 47 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781680201642
  • 1680201646
Other title:
  • Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical telescope
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Big hope for a big telescope -- Birth of a marvel -- Bigger and stronger -- The amazing attraction -- An incredible feat -- What you should know -- Quick stats -- Timeline -- Chapter notes -- Further reading.
Summary: "The most powerful telescope in the world was built in a remote area of China. It has already received signals from many light years away. The FAST Telescope is a marvel of engineering. It is no wonder that millions of people have flocked to the area to feast their eyes upon it and learn all about it. The Chinese telescope will use the Next Generation Archive System to help store and maintain its findings. It will also be aided by the European Southern Observatory. The goal of both FAST and SKA is to help solve mysteries."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 522.682 G536 Available 33111009150737
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"The most powerful telescope in the world was built in a remote area of China. It has already received signals from many light years away. The FAST Telescope is a marvel of engineering. It is no wonder that millions of people have flocked to the area to feast their eyes upon it and learn all about it. The Chinese telescope will use the Next Generation Archive System to help store and maintain its findings. It will also be aided by the European Southern Observatory. The goal of both FAST and SKA is to help solve mysteries."--

Grades 4 to 6.

"The most powerful telescope in the world was built in a remote area of China. It has already received signals from many light years away. The FAST Telescope is a marvel of engineering. It is no wonder that millions of people have flocked to the area to feast their eyes upon it and learn all about it. The Chinese telescope will use the Next Generation Archive System to help store and maintain its findings. It will also be aided by the European Southern Observatory. The goal of both FAST and SKA is to help solve mysteries."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Big hope for a big telescope -- Birth of a marvel -- Bigger and stronger -- The amazing attraction -- An incredible feat -- What you should know -- Quick stats -- Timeline -- Chapter notes -- Further reading.

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