Radio Interferometer (Noun)
Meaning
Radio telescope that uses interference patterns from two antennas instead of a parabolic antenna.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The radio interferometer consists of two or more antennas that work together to form a virtual telescope with a much larger diameter.
- A radio interferometer can be used to create high-resolution images of celestial objects by combining the signals from multiple antennas.
- The Very Large Array in New Mexico is a radio interferometer that uses 27 antennas to form a single telescope.
- Radio interferometers are often used in radio astronomy to study the properties of celestial objects such as black holes and neutron stars.
- The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile is a radio interferometer that uses 66 antennas to study the formation of galaxies and stars.