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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country operationalized the world’s largest radio telescope?
A
Russia
B
USA
C
India
D
China
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Known as the Square Kilometre Array, the mega telescope consists of huge clusters of dishes and antennas spread across remote parts of South Africa and Western Australia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The SKA-Mid dishes, each 50 feet across, will detect radio waves between between 350 megahertz and 15.4 gigahertz, per Space.com. The dishes will span 93 miles, according to Live Science. SKA-Mid will also include the 64-dish MeerKAT telescope, which has already been built, per Nature News.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Today China officially opened the FAST, world’s largest single-dish and most sensitive radio telescope, providing its research facilities to the world, ” Hua Chunying, spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said on Twitter.

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