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The GMT telescope will weigh approximately 2,106 tons. It will float on a 50 microns thick film of oil, which is half as thick as a paper sheet. A micron equals one-thousandth of a millimeter or one-millionth of a meter, which will allow the GMT to essentially move without friction, due to its ability to compensate for Earth’s rotation, while tracking celestial bodies throughout the night sky.
