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Gemini telescope
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Gemini telescope
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(Astronomy) either of two identical 8-metre telescopes for optical and near-infrared observations built by an international consortium. Gemini North is in Hawaii at an altitude of 4200 m on Mauna Kea and Gemini South is in Chile at 2715 m on Cerro Pachón


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Brown and colleagues Chad Trujillo, of the Gemini Observatory, and David Rabinowitz, of Yale University, first photographed the object in 2003, using a 48in (122cm) telescope.
 
 
 
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