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    The W. M. Keck Observatory is an astronomical observatory with two telescopes at an elevation of 4,145 meters (13,600 ft) near the summit of Mauna Kea...
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  • the W. M. Keck Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States. The organization has funded the W. M. Keck Observatory in...
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    The W. M. Keck Foundation is an American charitable foundation supporting scientific, engineering, and medical research in the United States. It was founded...
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    Retrieved August 27, 2010. "Earthquake Update from W. M. Keck Observatory". W. M. Keck Observatory. Retrieved August 27, 2010. "At the Foot of Maunakea"...
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    Rarog Patera, a massive eruption from which was recorded by the W. M. Keck Observatory and Japan's HISAKI (SPRINT-A) spacecraft on August 15, 2013. The...
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    the Big Bang, which occurred 13.8 billion years ago, using the W. M. Keck Observatory. In July 2015, EGSY8p7 was announced as the oldest and most-distant...
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  • name for Cow Parsley W. M. Keck Foundation, an American charitable foundation W. M. Keck Observatory at the Mauna Kea in Hawaii Keck School of Medicine...
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    home to the headquarters of two astronomical observatories located on Mauna Kea, the W. M. Keck Observatory and the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope. It is...
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    Brown and the Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGSAO) team at the W. M. Keck Observatory. It carried the provisional designation of S/2005 (2003 UB313) 1...
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    Observatories on the island of Hawaiʻi; it was first discovered at the Gemini Observatory and was further identified using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory...
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    (Multi-Object Spectrometer for Infra-Red Exploration ) instrument on the W. M. Keck Observatory contains the Configurable Slit Unit (CSU) allowing arbitrary positioning...
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    Planetology Institute of Marine Biology Lyon Arboretum Mauna Kea Observatory W. M. Keck Observatory Waikīkī Aquarium University of Hawaiʻi Center West Hawaiʻi...
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    from observations of Haumea made at the large telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii. Haumea's moons are unusual in a number of ways. They...
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  • Gamma Ray Observatory was deployed from 1991; Canadian Dale Frail of the Very Large Array in Socorro, New Mexico, and the W. M. Keck Observatory; the High...
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    ± 0.08 between the major and minor axes, as determined from the W. M. Keck Observatory. "Lorelei". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University...
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  • Observatory in San Diego County, the Owens Valley Radio Observatory in Bishop, California, the Submillimeter Observatory and W. M. Keck Observatory at...
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  • the W. M. Keck Observatory showed an object with a diameter of 129 km, which is much smaller than the estimate of 160 km from the IRAS observatory measurements...
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  • observations using the Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (LRIS) on the W. M. Keck Observatory discovered its two-faced nature, with one hemisphere dominated by...
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    brightness variation of 0.33 ± 0.03 in magnitude. Observation from the W. M. Keck Observatory show an angular size of 57 mas, which is close to the resolution...
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    again in 1999 from Iowa (United States). Observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory show the asteroid to be around 151 km across, with a size ratio...
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    South Wales, Australia. This asteroid has been resolved by the W. M. Keck Observatory, resulting in a size estimate of 53 km. It is oblate in shape, with...
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    the major and minor axes is 1.09 ± 0.09, as determined from the W. M. Keck Observatory. An earlier result published in 2000 gave a larger size ratio of...
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  • at the W. M. Keck Observatory give a diameter estimate of 131 km. This is 13% smaller than the diameter estimated from the IRAS observatory measurements...
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  • Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, and the technical labs at UC Santa Cruz and UCLA. UCO is also a managing partner of the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii...
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    Andrea Ghez". NOVA. Linda Copman. "Zeroing in on Black Holes". W. M. Keck Observatory. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved September...
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    variation of 0.20 in magnitude. The adaptive optics instrument at the W. M. Keck Observatory shows an oblate object with a diameter of 130 km. The size ratio...
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  • telescopes at the Mauna Kea Observatories sustained minor damage, primarily Kecks 1 and 2 at the W. M. Keck Observatory, and the Canada–France–Hawaii...
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    astronomical interferometers such as the Keck I and II used together as the Keck Interferometer (up to 85 m) can reach higher resolutions, although at...
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    South Pole Telescope (SPT) Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) W. M. Keck Observatory BICEP and Keck Array Advanced Imaging Center (AIC) | Janelia Research Campus...
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    taken in 2002 at the Subaru Telescope and in 2005 and 2007 at the W. M. Keck Observatory. Broadband photometry of HR 8799 b shows that it has thicker clouds...
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