I-Arecibo Observatory yikhaya kwi-telescope yowona mkhulu kunomhlaba. Inxalenye yeNational Astronomy and Ionosphere Centre (NAIC), eqhutyelwa yiYunivesithi yaseConell phantsi kwesivumelwano neSizwe soSiseko seSayensi, kunye nenkxaso eyongezelelweyo nguNasa. I-Observatory ibhekwa njengenye yezona ziko zikarhulumente ezibaluleke kakhulu zophando kwi- astronomy ye-radiyo , i-radar yeeplanethi kunye ne-aeronomy yomhlaba, kwaye isetyenziswe lulwazi lwehlabathi jikelele.
I-telescope isebenza iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku, iintsuku ezingama-365 ngonyaka.
Kutheni kubalulekile?
Kufuneka ukhangelele kuphela isitya esikhulu, okanye isibuko somsakazo, ukuba uqonde indlela okhethekileyo le ndawo. Isitya esingamawaka elinyukayo phakathi kweentaba eziluhlaza, ziphezu kweenyawo ezili-150 kwaye ziquka iihektare ezingama-20. Ubungummangaliso wobunjineli. Ukumiswa kweenyawo ezingaphezu kwe-450 ngaphezu kwesitya kuyinto iplani yeetoni engama-900, elalixhomekeke kwimida yeshumi elinesibhozo.
Kubonakala kwindlela yesayensi, bubungakanani obukhulu bombonisi owenza i-Arecibo Observatory ekhethekileyo. Yona iphakethe enkulu kakhulu egxininisa i-antenna kwihlabathi, ngoko ke i-telescope ye-redio ethintela kwihlabathi.
Yintoni esetyenziswayo?
I-Arecibo Observatory isetyenziselwa iindawo ezintathu eziphambili zophando:
- I-Radio Astronomy : Iingcali zeenkwenkwezi ziye zasebenzisa i-telescope ukufumanisa ukukhutshwa komsakazo kwiindawo ezikude zendalo yonke, okubenza bakwazi ukulinganisa ubude kunye nemibala yemigqatsha. Uqwalaselo luye lwaphucula ulwazi lwethu lwepassars.
- Inzululwazi ye-Atmospheric : I-Arecibo isixhobo esibucayi ekufundeni ukubunjwa, ukushisa, kunye nobunzima bomoya wethu.
- I-Radar I-Astronomy : Phakathi kwezinye izilingo, i-telescope isetyenzisiwe ukudala imephu ye-Mercury, Venus, nenyanga. Ukutholwa kokuqala kwe-radar echo ukusuka kwikomethe yenziwe apha.
Indlela Yokufika Ngayo?
Ukusuka eSan Juan, thabatha umzila we-25 okanye u-26 ukuya ku-18, ehamba phambili ekhokelela kwiNdlela 22 (i-Expreso de Diego), eya eWest. Uya kuba kule ndlela ukuya kuma-47 leeekhilomitha ngaphambi kokujika ngakwesokudla kwi-Exit 77B. Oku kuya kukubeka kwi-Route 129, ukuya ngaseLares. Emva kweekhilomitha ezingaphantsi kweekhilomitha, jikela ngakwesobunxele kwiNdlela 63 (uza kubona iSitishi seGesi seTekaco ekhoneni) kwaye ulandele le ndlela malunga neekhilomitha ezili-5 de uze ujike ngakwesobunxele kwi-Route 625. Kwiimitha ezintathu, uza kufinyelela kwi-Observatory .
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Ucinga Ukuba Uyibonile Ngaphambi?
I-Arecibo Observatory yi-celebrity, yeentlobo. Ukuba ufumana u-Déjà vu xa uyibona, mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba ungumdlali we-James Bond. I-telescope yayiyindawo yodumo oludumile lokugqibela phakathi kukaPyerce Brosnan kunye nomntu ombi uAlec Trevelyan (Sean Bean) e- Goldeneye . Kwakhona ku-Jodie Foster oqhagamshelwano lwe- movie kunye nokubonakaliswa kwisiqendu se-X-Files. Ayikho i-resume embi, eh?