China's Tibet starts construction of world's highest altitude planetarium

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China's Tibet starts construction of world's highest altitude planetarium​

Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has started construction on a planetarium at the world's highest altitude on Sunday, aiming to open a window for Chinese people's never-ending exploration of the universe at the "roof of the world."

Scheduled to be completed in 2024, the planetarium is expected to receive over 100,000 visitors annually. The planetarium will have the region's largest optical astronomical telescope, with a one-meter-diameter lens and become a major regional base for astronomical research and public science education, according to the Science and Technology Department of Tibet.

 

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Every city has planetariums to teach the public and children space and astronomy, the world biggest planetarium is in Shanghai, happen to see Lhasa is going to have one too in the near future, the universe never ceases to amaze the Chinese nation.

Shanghai planetarium, the world biggest planetarium.

 

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Lhasa new district, city on the roof of the world

 

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China begins work on planetarium at ‘roof of the world’ in Tibet​

The planetarium, scheduled to be completed in 2024, is expected to receive over 100,000 visitors annually.​

Press Trust of India
June 13, 2022UPDATED: June 13, 2022 21:09 IST

China has started constructing a planetarium at the world's highest altitude in Tibet for exploration of the universe at the "roof of the world”, the official media reported on Monday.

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The planetarium, scheduled to be completed in 2024, is expected to receive over 100,000 visitors annually.

China aims to open a window for exploration of the universe at the "roof of the world," the official media here reported.

Tibet is mostly open to Chinese tourists and foreigners with special permission.

The planetarium will have the region's largest optical astronomical telescope, with a one-meter-diameter lens, and become a major regional base for astronomical research and public science education, the Science and Technology Department of Tibet said.

China begins work on planetarium at ‘roof of the world’ in Tibet

The planetarium, scheduled to be completed in 2024, is expected to receive over 100,000 visitors annually.

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