mauna kea in English

noun
1
an extinct volcano on the island of Hawaii, in the central Pacific. Rising to 13,796 feet (4,205 m), it is the highest peak in the Hawaiian islands. The summit area is the site of several large telescopes.

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1. The twin Keck Telescopes on Mauna Kea regularly team up as an interferometer.

2. Mauna Kea Observatory sits on the highest point in the Pacific 4200 metres above sea level.

3. There are five distinct volcanoes on the island —Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, Kilauea, Kohala, and Hualalai.

4. While 4200 meters of Hawaii's Mauna Kea sit above sea level, its sides plummet beneath the waves for another 5800 meters.

5. ¶To enhance the ability to distinguish tholeiitic from alkalic magma parentages by mineral compositions, I determined trace-element abundances in plagioclase separated from xenolithic gabbros of Mauna Kea volcano. These gabbros have origins in tholeiitic and alkalic magmas of the Hamakua postshield stage of Mauna Kea volcanism.

6. The Coldest temperature recorded in Hawai'i is 12 degrees at the Mauna Kea Observatory, which is at an elevation of 13,796 feet, on May 17, 1979

7. With these new advanced telescopes on Mauna Kea, man now has the ability to look even farther back in time and farther into outer space.

8. The dormant volcano Mauna Kea, at 13,796 feet [4,205 m], is the island’s tallest mountain, just topping Mauna Loa, which rises 13,679 feet [4,169 m].

9. ‘First of all, Blurriness of vision can be one of the earliest signs of someone who has M.S.’ ‘Like other so-called adaptive-optics systems, the device installed on the Gemini North Telescope atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea reduces Blurriness by using a flexible mirror whose computer-controlled shape changes 1,000 times per second to compensate