Hitomi (satellite)
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hitomi-satellite-180-146785
title:
Hitomi (satellite)
text:
Hitomi Hitomi, also known as ASTRO-H and New X-ray Telescope (NeXT), was an X-ray astronomy satellite commissioned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for studying extremely energetic processes in the Universe. The space observatory was designed to extend the research conducted by the Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA) by investigating the hard X-ray band above 10 keV. The satellite was originally called New X-ray Telescope; at the time of launch it was called
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Failed Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitomi_(satellite)
date created:
2008-10-03T17:50:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T05:10:50Z
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