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Investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen Al·len , Edgar 1892-1943.

American anatomist who is noted for his studies of hormones and for the discovery (1923) of estrogen. has committed $13.5 million to support the construction of the first and second phases of the Allen Telescope Array The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), formerly known as the One Hectare Telescope (1hT), is a joint effort by the SETI Institute and the Radio Astronomy Laboratory (RAL) at the University of California, Berkeley to construct a radio interferometer that is dedicated (the ATA-32 and ATA-206), the world's newest multiple use radio telescope radio telescope: see radio astronomy.

radio telescope

Combination of radio receiver and antenna, used for observation in radio and radar astronomy. array. The ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE.

(2) See analog telephone adapter.

ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment will eventually consist of 350 - 6.1-meter dishes (ATA-350), when construction is completed late in the decade.

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