File:Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope.jpg

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Description

English: The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope is the world’s largest, fully-steerable telescope. Located at the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, United States.

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Bruce Murray Space Image Library via The Planetary Society

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

	Native name	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
	Parent institution	California Institute of Technology
	Location	La Cañada Flintridge, California
	Coordinates	34° 12′ 00″ N, 118° 10′ 18″ W
	Established	31 October 1936
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