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What would the diameter of a single radio dish need to be to have a collecting area equivalent to that of the 27 telescopes of the VLA?
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- Each VLA dish diameter = 25.0 m → area per dish = π(25/2)^2 = π(12.5)^2 = 156.25π m^2. - Total area = 27 × 156.25π = 4218.75π m^2 ≈ 13,253.6 m^2. Show more…
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