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Project FAST- Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope

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Central part of sphere is close to paraboloid as f/D is properMinimized deviation is 0.67m as f/D ~ 0.467 RMaximum slope of deviation curve gives maximum rate 0.7mm/sdeviation along radial direction (<strong>meter</strong>)1.61.20.80.400.40 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160distance from center of aperture (<strong>meter</strong>)F=0.467RF=0.477RF=o.450RMain reflector is composed of small element units~ 2000 hexagons of 15m – rms 4mm~ 4600 triangles of 11m – rms 2.2mm21

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