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Lunar crater Daedalus
Daedalus is a crater on the Moon.
It is located near the center of the far side of the Moon, and is about 93 kilometers in diameter. Because of its location
(shielded from radio emissions from the Earth), it has been proposed as the site of a
future giant radio telescope, which would be scooped out of the
crater itself, much like the Arecibo radio telescope,
but on a vastly larger scale.
The crater is pictured in famous photographs taken by the Apollo 11
astronauts. In contemporary sources it was called "Crater 308" (this was a temporary IAU
designation that preceded the establishment of far-side lunar nomenclature).
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Lunar crater Daedalus
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