Arecibo Observatory

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:built 1960
gptkbp:closed 2020
gptkbp:coordinates 18.3442°N 66.7528°W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:damageEvent gptkb:Hurricane_Maria_(2017)
cable failures (2020)
gptkbp:diameter 305 meters
gptkbp:elevation 497 meters
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Contact_(1997_film)
James Bond film GoldenEye
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Department_of_Defense
gptkb:NASA
gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:heritageStatus gptkb:National_Historic_Mechanical_Engineering_Landmark
IEEE Section
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arecibo Observatory
gptkbp:location gptkb:Arecibo,_Puerto_Rico
gptkbp:mainReflectorMaterial aluminum panels
gptkbp:mainReflectorType spherical
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Arecibo_(municipality)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Arecibo_Message_sent_in_1974
collapse of main dish in 2020
gptkbp:notableFinds gptkb:first_exoplanets_(PSR_B1257+12)
binary pulsar PSR B1913+16
gptkbp:notableFor largest single-aperture telescope (1963–2016)
gptkbp:numberOfReceivers multiple
gptkbp:opened 1963
gptkbp:openToPublic visitor center (pre-2020)
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkb:University_of_Central_Florida
gptkbp:owner gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:scientificContribution gptkb:SETI@home_project
ionospheric studies
planetary radar mapping
pulsar timing
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:structureType fixed-dish radio telescope
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Spherical_Telescope_(FAST)
gptkbp:telescopeType gptkb:radar
gptkb:radio_station
ionospheric
gptkbp:usedFor SETI research
atmospheric science
radar observations of planets
radio astronomy
gptkbp:website https://www.naic.edu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:European_VLBI_Network
gptkb:Astronomie
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4