Dawodang depression
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Dawodang depression is a natural karst basin in Guizhou, China, best known as the site that hosts the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
karst basin
ⓘ
natural depression ⓘ |
| astronomySiteType | radio telescope site ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| environment | mountainous karst region ⓘ |
| geologicalFeature | karst depression ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure | Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScientificSignificance | important site for radio astronomy observations ⓘ |
| hostedBy | Guizhou Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedProject | Chinese FAST project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
hosting the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
ⓘ
site of FAST radio telescope ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalArea | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guizhou
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pingtang County NERFINISHED ⓘ Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnPlanet | Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTelescope | FAST NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Karst landforms of Guizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionReasonForFAST |
radio-quiet environment
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suitable natural bowl-shaped topography ⓘ |
| terrainType | karst ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hosting large radio telescope
ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ |
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