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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Light tube (redirect from Optical fiber light tube)
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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Newtonian telescope (redirect from Newtonian reflector)
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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Curved mirror (redirect from Spherical reflector)
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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Laser Ranging Retroreflector (redirect from Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector)
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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Radiation pressure (redirect from Solar radiation pressure)
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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Reflecting telescope (redirect from Reflector telescope)
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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