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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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 Spherical Telescope (FAST).
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago Five Hundred Meter Spherical Telescope (FAST) Where does the ‘A’ come from? The phonetic “faiv”?
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoIt’s the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope; the person you’re replying to left out “Aperture” by mistake.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoFive-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoDon’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
minus-squarePiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoNot to mention “The Big Bang”, and " Spooky Action At a Distance"
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSpooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoCan’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded
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 Spherical Telescope (FAST).
Where does the ‘A’ come from?
The phonetic “faiv”?
H+M = A?
It’s the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope; the person you’re replying to left out “Aperture” by mistake.
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.
Don’t forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
Relevant xkcd
Not to mention “The Big Bang”, and " Spooky Action At a Distance"
Spooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.
Can’t beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded