The case for a liquid mirror in a lunar-based telescope

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May 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apj...373..317b&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 373, May 20, 1991, p. 317-321. NSERC-supported research.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Liquid Metals, Lunar Based Equipment, Mirrors, Telescopes, Gallium, Mercury (Metal)

Scientific paper

The advantages that a lunar liquid mirror telescope would have over a
conventional glass mirror instrument are presented. Consideration is
given to mercury and gallium (and its eutectic alloys) mirrors,
concluding that gallium is preferable to mercury due to its higher
reflectivity, lower mass and greater ease of wetting.

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