Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE)
GPTKB entity
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:satellite
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| gptkbp:collaborator |
gptkb:John_C._Mather
gptkb:George_Smoot |
| gptkbp:data_type |
gptkb:infrared_radiation
ASCII binary FITS microwave radiation |
| gptkbp:discovery |
anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE)
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| gptkbp:impact |
contributed to understanding of the universe's structure
awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics helped establish the standard model of cosmology influenced cosmology provided data for the Lambda-CDM model validated predictions of cosmic inflation |
| gptkbp:instruments |
gptkb:Diffuse_Infrared_Background_Experiment
gptkb:Far_Infrared_Absolute_Spectrophotometer Differential Microwave Radiometers |
| gptkbp:is_observed_in |
large-scale structure of the universe
early universe conditions galactic foreground emissions cosmic microwave background anisotropies cosmic infrared background cosmic background radiation spectrum cosmic dust emissions extragalactic sources of radiation infrared background radiation polarization of the CMB spectral energy distribution of the CMB temperature fluctuations in the CMB universe's expansion rate |
| gptkbp:launch_date |
November 18, 1989
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| gptkbp:launch_site |
gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station
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| gptkbp:mass |
2,500 kg
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| gptkbp:mission |
January 23, 1996
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| gptkbp:mission_duration |
approximately 9 years
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| gptkbp:mission_type |
gptkb:astronomy
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| gptkbp:nobel_prize_awarded_for |
discoveries related to the cosmic microwave background
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| gptkbp:nobel_prize_category |
gptkb:Physics
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| gptkbp:objective |
measure cosmic microwave background radiation
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| gptkbp:operated_by |
gptkb:NASA
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| gptkbp:orbital_altitude |
900 km
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| gptkbp:power_source |
solar panels
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| gptkbp:prize_money |
gptkb:2006
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| gptkbp:released |
gptkb:1990
gptkb:1991 gptkb:1992 gptkb:1993 gptkb:1994 |
| gptkbp:significance |
provided evidence for the Big Bang theory
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| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Planck_satellite
gptkb:Wilkinson_Microwave_Anisotropy_Probe_(WMAP) |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:John_Mather
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
3
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