GBT
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GBT is a common abbreviation for the Green Bank Telescope, a large fully steerable radio telescope located in West Virginia, USA.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| GBT canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7272494 — 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: GBT Context triple: [Green Bank Telescope, abbreviation, GBT]
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GT
GT is a leading public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, renowned for its strong engineering, computing, and technology programs.
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GT
GT is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Guatemala, a Central American nation known for its Mayan heritage and diverse landscapes.
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GT
GT is the stock ticker symbol for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, a major American manufacturer of tires and rubber products.
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GT
GT is a performance-oriented trim level commonly associated with sportier styling and enhanced powertrain features on vehicles like the Mercury Cougar.
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GV
GV is the venture capital investment arm of Alphabet Inc., focused on funding and supporting innovative technology startups.
- 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: GBT Target entity description: GBT is a common abbreviation for the Green Bank Telescope, a large fully steerable radio telescope located in West Virginia, USA.
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A.
GT
GT is a leading public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, renowned for its strong engineering, computing, and technology programs.
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B.
GT
GT is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Guatemala, a Central American nation known for its Mayan heritage and diverse landscapes.
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C.
GT
GT is the stock ticker symbol for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, a major American manufacturer of tires and rubber products.
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D.
GT
GT is a performance-oriented trim level commonly associated with sportier styling and enhanced powertrain features on vehicles like the Mercury Cougar.
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E.
GV
GV is the venture capital investment arm of Alphabet Inc., focused on funding and supporting innovative technology startups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fully steerable radio telescope
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radio telescope ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
GBT
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Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope ⓘ |
| azimuthRange | 0 to 360 degrees ⓘ |
| collectingArea | about 7,850 square meters ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1991 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| designType | off-axis Gregorian design ⓘ |
| dishDiameter | 100 meters ⓘ |
| elevationRange | about 5 to 90 degrees ⓘ |
| environmentalConstraint | radio quiet zone regulations ⓘ |
| firstLight | 2000 ⓘ |
| formerOperator | National Radio Astronomy Observatory ⓘ |
| frequencyRange | about 0.1 GHz to 116 GHz ⓘ |
| fundedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
C-band receiver
ⓘ
Ka-band receiver ⓘ Ku-band receiver ⓘ L-band receiver ⓘ S-band receiver ⓘ W-band receiver ⓘ X-band receiver ⓘ backend signal processors ⓘ multi-beam receivers ⓘ spectrometers ⓘ |
| height | about 148 meters ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Green Bank Observatory
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Green Bank, West Virginia ⓘ National Radio Quiet Zone ⓘ Pocahontas County, West Virginia ⓘ |
| mountType | alt-azimuth mount ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Robert C. Byrd
ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Byrd
|
| notableFor | being one of the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescopes ⓘ |
| operator | Green Bank Observatory ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. national radio astronomy facilities ⓘ |
| pointingAccuracy | about 1 arcsecond ⓘ |
| primaryUse | radio astronomy ⓘ |
| surfaceAccuracy | about 240 micrometers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
VLBI observations
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cosmology ⓘ fast radio burst observations ⓘ galactic structure studies ⓘ molecular line studies ⓘ pulsar observations ⓘ search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | about 3 millimeters to 3 meters ⓘ |
| weight | about 7,700 metric tons ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: GBT Description of subject: GBT is a common abbreviation for the Green Bank Telescope, a large fully steerable radio telescope located in West Virginia, USA.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
GBT