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radio interferometer
subject			fact

radio interferometer	requires signals from different antenna to be combined
	has definition Type of radio telescope that relies on the use of two or more aerials at a distance from each other to provide a combination of signals from one source which can be analyzed by computer. Such an analysis results in a resolution that is considerably better than that of a parabolic dish aerial by itself because of the greater effective diameter.
	is a kind of radio telescope
	is a kind of array telescope
array telescope	has element separation
	has element aperture
	has number of elements
radio telescope	has reference astroweb
telescope	has wavelength sensitivity
	has angular resolving power
	has effective diameter
	has aperture
	has focal ratio
	has operator
	has purpose observe celestial objects
	has location
artifact	has creator
	has creation date
	has owner
physical object	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

Kinds of radio interferometer :

• MERLIN (3 facts)
• Very Large Array (9 facts) (VLA) - A radio telescope distributed along three 13-mile-long arms of a Y-shaped track.
• VLBA (6 facts) (Very Long Baseline Array)

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