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Arecibo (ärəsē`bō), city (1990 pop. 93,385), N Puerto Rico, a port on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Rio Grande de Arecibo. It has rum distilleries and is the commercial and industrial center of a region that produces coffee, tobacco, sugarcane, and pineapples. An important radio-astronomy installation is nearby. Arecibo was founded in 1616. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Using the 305-meter radio dish at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, researchers examined several craters at the moon's poles. Home to the largest radio/telescope in the world at the Arecibo Observatory. A giant radar beacon at the Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico will bounce signals off the asteroid as it whizzes past. |
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