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Celebrating Astronomy Day with the Giant Magellan Telescope

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 3 p.m.

b'Happy Astronomy Day, October 13, 2018!\\xa0 We salute humankind\\u2019s long history of stargazing by checking in on what will be our planet\\u2019s largest telescope. Patrick McCarthy is an astronomer and a leader of the Giant Magellan Telescope project. He returns with a report on the instrument\\u2019s status, followed by a fascinating tour of the GMT facility. The MASCOT spacecraft has successfully completed its brief mission at asteroid Ryugu. Emily Lakdawalla provides an overview. And the space trivia contest has returned to What\\u2019s Up. See pics of our GMT visit and learn much more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/1010-2018-patrick-mccarthy-gmt.html'