#AthenaNuggets: The Athena X-ray Telescope Mirror by Numbers, by Richard Willingale
Here comes our first Athena Technical Nugget, in which we can learn about the novel technology of the Athena mirror. This mirror will be the largest ever built for an X-ray mission, with an aperture diameter of 3 m, a mirror component mass of ~300 kg and total mass including support structure of ~650 kg.
Please, read our AthenaNuggets #8 and take a look at the associated video in our Youtube channel.
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