grazing-incidence telescope Comparison Table

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grazing-incidence telescope comparison table

Subject has acronym has definition is named after

Chandra AXAF NASA's premier x-ray observatory Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Einstein XRT

ROSAT XRT ROentgen SATellite, was an X-ray observatory developed through a cooperative program between the Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The satellite was designed and operated by Germany, and was launched by the United States on June 1, 1990. It was turned off on February 12, 1999.

Subject	has acronym	has definition	is named after
Chandra	AXAF	NASA's premier x-ray observatory	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Einstein	XRT
ROSAT	XRT	ROentgen SATellite, was an X-ray observatory developed through a cooperative program between the Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The satellite was designed and operated by Germany, and was launched by the United States on June 1, 1990. It was turned off on February 12, 1999.

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