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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-26 months agoOrnithologists 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). Edit: a word
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoDon’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoCan’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago Five Hundred Meter Spherical Telescope (FAST) Where does the ‘A’ come from? The phonetic “faiv”?
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoFive-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
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).
Edit: a word
Don’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
Relevant xkcd
Can’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
Where does the ‘A’ come from?
The phonetic “faiv”?
H+M = A?
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
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