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Where is Parks Observatory located?A. USAB. USC. RussiaD. Australia1. B2. D3. C4. A

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : D

The correct answer is Australia.

  • Parks Observatory located in Australia.
    • The Parkes Observatory is a radio telescope observatory, located 20 kilometers north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.
    • It was one of several radio antennae used to receive live television images of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
    • The Parks observatory was included on the Australian National Heritage List on 10 August 2020.
  • Hence, option 2 is correct.

  • The Parkes radio telescope is a gigantic measuring instrument.
    • It used to examine a wide range of radio energies from our galaxy and other parts of the universe.
    • Objects such as pulsars, galaxies, and quasars broadcast enormous quantities of radio energy into space.
    • The Parkes radio telescope.
      • One or more antennas to collect the incoming radio waves.
      • Most antennas are parabolic dishes that reflect the radio waves to a receiver, in the same way as a curved mirror can focus visible light to a point.
    • In 1962 it tracked the first interplanetary space mission, Mariner 2, as it flew by the planet, Venus.


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