• An optical solar reflector (OSR) is a component of a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space. The reflector consists of a top layer made out...
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    solar air conditioning. Concentrating technologies exist in four optical types, namely parabolic trough, dish, concentrating linear Fresnel reflector...
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    and a Magnetometer. It has a passive thermal control system with Optical Solar Reflector, Multi-Layer Insulation, Thermal interface material, etc. It has...
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    capture moonlight at night. Optical fibers can also be used for daylighting. A solar lighting system based on plastic optical fibers was in development...
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  • sink, and cool to well below ambient air temperature. Heat shield Optical solar reflector, used for thermal control of spacecraft Passive cooling Radiative...
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  • absorbers within the vicinity of the mirrors. The first linear Fresnel reflector solar power system was developed in Italy in 1961 by Giovanni Francia of...
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    A parabolic (or paraboloid or paraboloidal) reflector (or dish or mirror) is a reflective surface used to collect or project energy such as light, sound...
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    enters the mirror. Metal substrates ("Metal Mirror Reflectors") may also be used in solar reflectors. NASA Glenn Research Center, for example, used a mirror...
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    The Newtonian telescope, also called the Newtonian reflector or just a Newtonian, is a type of reflecting telescope invented by the English scientist...
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    quite prolific discovering a planet and many moons of the Solar system also with his reflectors. Lists of telescopes List of telescopes of Australia David...
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    Retrieved 5 March 2012. "Optical seti photographs". Archived from the original on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2010-10-06. "Wyeth Reflector at Oak Ridge Observatory"...
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  • Astronomy portal Solar System portal Spaceflight portal Lists of telescopes List of largest infrared telescopes List of largest optical reflecting telescopes...
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    shapes are sometimes used in optical devices. The most common non-spherical type are parabolic reflectors, found in optical devices such as reflecting telescopes...
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    also used a mirror, and some solar telescopes which may have more complicated optical configurations. The SST has an optical aperture of 98 cm (39.37")...
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    Sixty-Inch Reflector, Biggest in the World, Being Set Up. "April 6, 1905, Thursday Page 9 "Mt. Hamilton Telescopes: CrossleyTelescope". "Largest optical telescopes...
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    because fused silica, the likely material for the reflectors, optically distorts with inputs of heat from solar energy. There was a strong desire for the experiment...
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    century, large optical telescopes. The list includes various refractors and reflectors that were active some time between about 1699 to 1801. It is oriented...
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    installations such as solar parabolic troughs and solar towers or non-water heating devices such as solar cookers or solar air heaters. Solar thermal collectors...
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    high-reflector coating, which can be used to produce mirrors that reflect greater than 99.99% of the light that falls on them. More complex optical coatings...
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  • power station Nanocrystal solar cell Net metering Nevada Solar One Parabolic reflector Parabolic trough Passive solar Passive solar building design Photoelectric...
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    maint: unfit URL (link) "Optical seti photographs". Archived from the original on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2010-10-06. "Wyeth Reflector at Oak Ridge Observatory"...
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  • of largest optical telescopes in the 19th century includes what were large optical telescopes for their time. See List of largest optical telescopes in...
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  • plasmonic back reflector configuration has allowed the highest PV efficiency enhancements, for instance as demonstrated in thin-film silicon solar cells. Other...
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    A solar tracker is a device that orients a payload toward the Sun. Payloads are usually solar panels, parabolic troughs, Fresnel reflectors, lenses, or...
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  • telescopes from any era, as what constitutes famous reflector has changed over time. In 1900 a 1-meter reflector would be among the largest in the world, but...
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    identifying reflector materials for optimizing a solar sail, for instance. Momentary or hours long solar pressures can indeed escalate due to release of solar flares...
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    telescopes used in astronomy research are reflectors. Many variant forms are in use and some employ extra optical elements to improve image quality or place...
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    of mirrors, acting as a parabolic reflector, which can reach temperatures of up to 3,000 degrees Celsius. The solar furnace of Uzbekistan can be visited...
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    direction of the Sun. The top part of this baffle is covered with optical solar reflector (OSR) mirrors reflecting 98% of the Sun's energy, avoiding heating...
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    to Optical communication. Fiber tapping Interconnect bottleneck Jun-Ichi Nishizawa an inventor of optical communication. Modulating retro-reflector OECC...
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