Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Earth Rotation Synthesis |
A technique in radio astronomy that uses the rotation of the Earth to enable small radio interferometers to achieve the resolution of a dish antenna many kilometres in diameter. This form of aperture synthesis was developed at Cambridge University.
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