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Arecibo weathers the storm

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Hurricane Maria was 2 mph short of category 5 when it made landfall on Puerto Rico on 20 September 2017. The 305 m radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory withstood the storm, suffering only minor structural damage. Staff have worked diligently to return the site to full operations and provide vital services to the surrounding Puerto Rican community.

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Fig. 1: Damage caused by Hurricane Maria to the Arecibo Observatory.

Images courtesy of Robert Minchin and the Arecibo Observatory, a facility of the NSF

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The Arecibo Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by SRI International in alliance with Universities Space Research Association and Universidad Metropolitana. The Arecibo Planetary Radar Program is fully funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through two grants from the Near-Earth Object Observations Program awarded to the Universities Space Research Association.

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  1. Arecibo Observatory, Universities Space Research Association, Arecibo, PR, USA

    Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín & Joan T. Schmelz

  2. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, Houston, TX, USA

    Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín

  3. Deputy Director, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, PR, USA

    Joan T. Schmelz

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Rivera-Valentín, E.G., Schmelz, J.T. Arecibo weathers the storm. Nat Astron 2, 264–266 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0394-3

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