So the analysis leads to a similar landform existing on Eros. Further imaging may help pin down more information about the history of Eros. One theory is that in the early history of our solar system a small planet existed between Earth and Jupiter. A collision with another body created the asteroid belt from which Eros emerged from. That was never going to happen.
Most astronomers are only able to obtain short observing runs on such instruments.
Once completed it will rank as the 13th largest in the world. It was first noted by Newton in the 18th century that a spinning liquid sloshes toward the sides of its container and forms the perfect shape to focus light to a point. Over the centuries various experimenters attempted to build such scopes but were foiled by vibrations in the surface of the liquid. Now Hickson has perfected the methods of reducing vibrations in the liquid to produce a surface comparable to a conventional mirror. With tremendous cost savings, from not having to precisely figure a hard mirror, the LMT may usher in the day when individual astronomers can each have their own large research instrument.