High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Liquid mirrors are mirrors made with reflective liquids. The most common liquid used is mercury, but other liquids will work as well (for example, low melting alloys of gallium). The container for the liquid is rotating so that the liquid assumes a paraboloidal shape. A paraboloidal shape is precisely the shape needed for the primary mirror of a telescope.

Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.