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To: Red Badger

...given its 6.5 meter (21 foot) diameter light-collecting primary mirror, about six times larger than Hubble’s 2.4 meter (7 foot, 10 in) diameter mirror.

The math seems a little off, doesn’t it?


26 posted on 06/13/2025 6:23:06 AM PDT by VMI70 (My Goal in Life is to be the Kind of Person My Dog Thinks I Am)
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To: VMI70

It’s that ‘New Math’ stuff I never understood in school.............🤔


30 posted on 06/13/2025 6:26:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: VMI70

Poor reporting. If you go by area, I think it’s closer to 7x as large as Hubble, but 6x is in the ballpark. ~45 ft sq. (say 50) vs ~346 ft sq. (say 350) Assuming my pi x (r*2) calc is correct.


40 posted on 06/13/2025 6:44:49 AM PDT by curious7
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