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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sirius whose density is approximately half a ton to the cubic inch. *World telescope ranking: Observatory Diameter of Reflector Mt. Wilson........ 100 in. Dunlap (Toronto).....................................74 in. Dominion ...........................................72 in. Perkins (Delaware, Ohio).......................... 69 in. Harvard .....................................................61 in. Argentine National (Cordoba).........................60 in. Harvard (South Africa) ....................................60 in. Berlin-Babelsburg ........................................48½in. Melbourne..................................................... 48 in. †One light-year=approximately six trillion miles. Traveling 186,000 miles per second, light takes only eight minutes to reach Earth from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Organizer of Heaven | 7/29/1935 | See Source »

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