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Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (FAME)
Washington D.C., DC
FAME is an astrometric satellite designed to determine with unprecedented accuracy the positions, distances, and motions of 40 million stars within our galactic neighborhood. It is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and several other institutions (see About FAME). FAME will measure stellar positions to less than 50 microarcseconds. (To put this angle in perspective, the width of a typical strand of human hair would subtend 50 microarcseconds if you were viewing it from a distance of 130-190 miles.)
Laboratory
- Naval Observatory
Category
- Science
Provenance
- Original
- https://dodtechmatch.com/dod/lab/viewfacility.aspx?id=70836
- Archived copy
- Wayback Machine snapshot
This record was recovered from a public web archive of dodtechmatch.com and is preserved for historical reference. It may be outdated. Not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Contact details from the original listing have been withheld.