Lovell Telescope
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The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lovell Telescope canonical | 4 |
| Mark I Telescope | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3039133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lovell Telescope Context triple: [Sir Bernard Lovell, notableWork, Lovell Telescope]
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A.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
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B.
20 Meter Telescope
The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
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Simonyi Survey Telescope
The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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D.
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a large submillimetre-wavelength radio telescope used for astronomical observations, located near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
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E.
43 Meter Telescope
The 43 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia used for astronomical and atmospheric research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lovell Telescope Target entity description: The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
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A.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
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B.
20 Meter Telescope
The 20 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory used for astronomical research and education in radio astronomy.
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C.
Simonyi Survey Telescope
The Simonyi Survey Telescope is a wide-field optical telescope designed for rapid, repeated imaging of the night sky as part of large-scale astronomical surveys.
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D.
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a large submillimetre-wavelength radio telescope used for astronomical observations, located near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
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E.
43 Meter Telescope
The 43 Meter Telescope is a mid-sized radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia used for astronomical and atmospheric research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical observatory instrument
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parabolic antenna ⓘ radio telescope ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jodrell Bank Observatory
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surface form:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Square Kilometre Array pathfinder work ⓘ |
| azimuthRange | 360 degrees ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designType | fully steerable radio telescope ⓘ |
| diameter | 76.2 metres ⓘ |
| dishDiameter | 76.2 metres ⓘ |
| elevationRange | from 7 degrees to 90 degrees ⓘ |
| formerName |
Lovell Telescope
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mark I Telescope
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| hasCoordinateSystem | equatorial mount (alt-az drive with equatorial tracking) ⓘ |
| height | about 89 metres ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Grade I listed structure ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cheshire
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England ⓘ Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mass | about 3200 tonnes ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sir Bernard Lovell
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surface form:
Bernard Lovell
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| notableFor |
early tracking of artificial satellites
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pioneering role in radio astronomy ⓘ pioneering role in space tracking ⓘ tracking of Sputnik 1 ⓘ tracking of interplanetary spacecraft ⓘ |
| operator | University of Manchester ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Manchester ⓘ |
| partOf |
European VLBI Network
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e-MERLIN network ⓘ
surface form:
e-MERLIN array
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| UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf |
Jodrell Bank Observatory
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surface form:
Jodrell Bank Observatory World Heritage Site
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| upgradedIn |
1970s
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2000s ⓘ |
| usedFor |
SETI experiments
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cosmology research ⓘ pulsar observations ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ space tracking ⓘ very long baseline interferometry ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | radio wavelengths ⓘ |
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Subject: Lovell Telescope Description of subject: The Lovell Telescope is a large radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in England, renowned for its pioneering role in radio astronomy and space tracking since the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mark I Telescope