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observatory
subject			fact

observatory	is a kind of artifact
	has definition a place on earth which has one or more telescopes
	has telescope
	has altitude
	has location
	has address
artifact	has creator
	has creation date
	has purpose
	has owner
physical object	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

Kinds of observatory :

• CalTech Submillimeter Observatory (2 facts) (CSO)
• European Southern Observatory (2 facts) (ESO)
• Harvard College Observatory (2 facts)
• Jodrell Bank (2 facts) - A telescope in England designed to detect radio waves emitted by astronomical objects.
• Lowell Observatory (7 facts)
• Mt. Wilson (8 facts) - The location, in California, of the 100-inch diameter telescope used by Edwin Hubble and others.
• Palomar (2 facts) - The mountain in California upon which sits what was the largest telescope in the United States, 200 inches in diameter. The telescope itself is sometimes referred to as the Mt. Palomar telescope.

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