📡 Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

People's Republic of China · Asia · 25.65°N, 106.86°E

The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, nicknamed Tianyan, is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression (大窝凼洼地), a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou, southwestern China. FAST has a 500 m (1,640 ft) diameter dish constructed in a natural depression in the landscape. It is the world's largest single-dish telescope.

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Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	25.65°N, 106.86°E · view on map

Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope is located in People's Republic of China, in Asia.

More radio telescopes in People's Republic of China

Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope · Primeval Structure Telescope · Qitai Radio Telescope.

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