An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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muon telescope
  تلسکوپ ِ موءونی  
teleskop-e muoni
Fr.: télescope muonique  

An → instrument used in → geophysics to determine the average → density of geological bodies by measuring the → attenuation produced by → rocks on the flux of → atmospheric muons. This density muon → radiography is or example used to
study the physical conditions inside → volcanoes.

See also: → muon; → telescope.