Secondary Mirror

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SM
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ˈmɪrər/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
NASA

Examples in Context

  1. The secondary mirror must be adapted during the process of grinding and polishing to this other form.
  2. A reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror.
  3. Analysis of a Supporting System with a Stewart Platform for Telescope Secondary Mirror(SM)
  4. Lateral Shift Tolerance of Moving Cat's-Eye Retroreflector and Inclination of Secondary Mirror(SM)
  5. At the same time, the corresponding black body temperatures, digital counts and the temperatures of major mirror, refractor mirror, secondary mirror and calibration mirror are detected.

Other meanings of SM