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