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  2. W. M. Keck Observatory - Wikipedia

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    The Keck I telescope began science observations in May 1993, while first light for Keck II occurred on April 27, 1996. The Keck II telescope showing the segmented primary mirror. The key advance that allowed the construction of the Keck telescopes was the use of active optics to operate smaller mirror segments as a single, contiguous mirror. A ...

  3. W. M. Keck Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College, and Scripps College. The W.M. Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training at Rice University in Houston, Texas (training arm of the Gulf Coast Consortia (GCC)) [7] Support for building of the Keck Observatory at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington

  4. Keck Hospital of USC - Wikipedia

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    The Keck Hospital of USC, formerly USC University Hospital, is a private 401–licensed bed teaching hospital of the University of Southern California (USC). The hospital is part of the USC Keck School of Medicine, it is located on the USC Health Sciences Campus, which is adjacent to the Los Angeles General Medical Center, east of Downtown Los Angeles.

  5. Keck - Wikipedia

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    W. M. Keck Foundation, an American charitable foundation W. M. Keck Observatory at the Mauna Kea in Hawaii; Keck School of Medicine of USC at the University of Southern California; Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences in Claremont, California; Keck Geology Consortium, a collaboration of colleges promoting undergraduate earth science ...

  6. Keck Institute for Space Studies - Wikipedia

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    The Keck Institute for Space Studies is located in the Keck Center, which includes two buildings: the renovated Tolman/Bacher House and a new structure erected next door. The center, designed by Lehrer Architects, was dedicated on September 15, 2014, to honor the long-term support of Caltech by the W. M. Keck Foundation and its founder William ...

  7. The TESS-Keck Survey - Wikipedia

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    The TKS aims to measure the mass for about 100 exoplanets [2] and has been awarded some of the largest time allocations in the histories of Keck I and APF. [1] The program has four main science themes: [2] the bulk compositions of small planets; dynamical temperatures and system architectures; a larger, more refined sample for future ...

  8. List of largest optical reflecting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    Keck 1: 10 m (394 in) Segmented 36 hexagonal segments: USA: Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, USA: 1993 Keck 2: 10 m (394 in) Segmented 36 hexagonal segments: USA: Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, USA: 1996 Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) 9.2 m (362 in) (effective) [4] Segmented 91 × 1 m (39 in) hexagonal segments forming an 11 m × 9.8 ...

  9. William Myron Keck - Wikipedia

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    William Myron Keck (April 27, 1880 – August 20, 1964) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was best known as the founder of Superior Oil Company . [ 1 ] Author Kevin Krajick has described Keck as "the world's greatest oil prospector, a man whose instincts about the location of petroleum were so uncanny, some believed him ...