Square Kilometer Array Observatory Flashcards
Why in News?
Recently, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council held its inaugural meeting and approved the establishment of the world’s largest radio telescope.
why WAS the meeting held due to which incident ?
important following the collapse of one of the most prolific radio telescopes in the world, the Arecibo in Puerto Rico, in December last year.
What is SKAO?
where is the HeadQuarters ?
SKAO is a new intergovernmental organisation dedicated to radio astronomy and is headquartered in the UK.
How many countries are part of SKAO?
10 Countries
Australia, Canada, China, India, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK.
Benefits of using Radio telescopes?
radio telescopes can detect invisible gas and, therefore, they can reveal areas of space that may be obscured by cosmic dust.
Key points about the Arecibo Telescope?
The Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, which was the second-largest single-dish radio telescope in the world, collapsed in December 2020.
The telescope was built in 1963
Which is the largest single dish radio telescope?
China’s Sky Eye is the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope.
Location of the Square Kilometer Array Telescope?
The telescope, proposed to be the largest radio telescope in the world, will be located in Africa and Australia.
Agreement of Indai and SKAO?
the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between India, represented by TIFR – National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), and SKA
