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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days 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-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoCan’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
minus-squarePiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·21 hours agoNot to mention “The Big Bang”, and " Spooky Action At a Distance"
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoDon’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago Five Hundred Meter Spherical Telescope (FAST) Where does the ‘A’ come from? The phonetic “faiv”?
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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
Can’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
Not to mention “The Big Bang”, and " Spooky Action At a Distance"
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Don’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
Relevant xkcd
Where does the ‘A’ come from?
The phonetic “faiv”?
H+M = A?
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.