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    Why Do Large Reflecting Telescopes, Like the Keck Observatories, Have
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Why Do Large Reflecting Telescopes, Like the Keck Observatories, Have

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Why do large reflecting telescopes, like the Keck Observatories, have segmented mirrors?

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