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MMT Telescope
subject			fact

MMT Telescope	has mounting manufacturer de Bartolomeis
	has longitude 110° 53' W
	has latitude 31° 41' N
	has mirror maker R. Angel, B. Martin
	has mirror type Spin-cast borosilicate honey-comb
	has aperture 6.5 m
	has focal ratio f/1.25, 5.4, 9, 15
	has operator Smithsonian Institution and Univ. of Arizona
	has altitude 2608 m
	has owner MMT Observatory
	has creation date (1999)
	has location Mount Hopkins, Arizona, US
	is an instance of reflector
	is an instance of optical telescope
	is an instance of altazimuth telescope
altazimuth telescope	has mounting altazimuth
reflector	has mirror diameter equal to aperture (except for Schmidt which has aperture smaller than mirror diameter)
	has secondary mirror shape
	has primary mirror shape
optical telescope	has optical design
	has reference astroweb
Earth based telescope	has temperature ambient
telescope	has wavelength sensitivity
	has angular resolving power
	has effective diameter
	has purpose observe celestial objects
artifact	has creator
physical object	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

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