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[–] [email protected] 55 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (5 children)

Ornithologists should hang out with astronomers. They do the same naming scheme with telescopes. They've named some classics like the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST).

Edit: a word

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

Can't beat rapid unscheduled disassembly. Aka, a thing exploded

[–] PiJiNWiNg 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Not to mention "The Big Bang", and " Spooky Action At a Distance"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Spooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget the Very Large Telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope, and the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.

[–] ironhydroxide 9 points 23 hours ago (2 children)
[–] phdepressed 16 points 23 hours ago

Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope to be technical.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

It's the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope; the person you're replying to left out "Aperture" by mistake.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Five Hundred Meter Spherical Telescope (FAST)

Where does the 'A' come from?
The phonetic "faiv"?