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QUICK FACTS
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The Keck Interferometer connects the two 10-meter Keck telescopes on top of Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii, as an infrared interferometer with a baseline of 85 meters. |
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March 2001 - First fringes obtained
2002 - Shared risk science program begins
August 2004 - First fringes with KI nuller
August 2004 - 100:1 null achieved
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NASA mission, part of Origins program |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; W.M. Keck Observatory, California Association for Research in Astronomy; Michelson Science Center, California Institute of Technology. |
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