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Sunday, February 20, 2022

This is how much gold was used to paint or coat 18 mirrors of James Webb telescope (Webb's primary mirror is 6.5 meters (21 feet 4 inches) across). ~48 grams of gold. Thickness of gold coating = 100 x 10-9 meters (1000 angstroms).


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