All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Massive mirror in telescope key to tracking asteroids and space junk Massive mirror in telescope key to tracking asteroids and space junk 15/08/2022 | 2 MINS A 250 kilogram super-smooth glass mirror in Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Zadko telescope, is key to the high-tech equipmentΓÇÖs role in tracking potentially catastrophic asteroids and space junk. Glass ΓÇö More than meets the eye is the theme of this yearΓÇÖs National Science Week, which is on until August 21 and celebrates science and technology across Australia. The Zadko telescope, based at LITΓÇÖs Gingin Gravity Precinct north of Perth, is a vital part of the UniversityΓÇÖs astronomy research. School of Physics Associate Professor David Coward, who is also the ObservatoryΓÇÖs Director, said the telescope was the only metre-class research grade optical instrument at this latitude of the southern hemisphere between the east coast of Australia and South Africa. It was therefore crucial in filling a gap in global coverage which is more concentrated in the northern hemisphere.
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Glass ΓÇö More than meets the eye is the theme of this yearΓÇÖs National Science Week, which is on until August 21 and celebrates science and technology across Australia.
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The Zadko telescope, based at LITΓÇÖs Gingin Gravity Precinct north of Perth, is a vital part of the UniversityΓÇÖs astronomy research.
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School of Physics Associate Professor David Coward, who is also the ObservatoryΓÇÖs Director, said the telescope was the only metre-class research grade optical instrument at this latitude of the southern hemisphere between the east coast of Australia and South Africa.
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It was therefore crucial in filling a gap in global coverage which is more concentrated in the northern hemisphere.
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