China Sky Eye
E918811
China Sky Eye is the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, located in Guizhou, China, and used for cutting-edge research in radio astronomy, pulsars, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| China Sky Eye canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11317019 — 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: China Sky Eye Context triple: [Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, alsoKnownAs, China Sky Eye]
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A.
China Moon
China Moon is a 1994 neo-noir thriller film in which Madeleine Stowe stars opposite Ed Harris in a tale of passion, murder, and deception.
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B.
Sky Over China
Sky Over China is a literary work that served as the source material for the 1932 film "Shanghai Express."
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C.
Tianhe
Tianhe is the core module of China’s Tiangong space station, serving as its main control, living, and docking hub in low Earth orbit.
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D.
Tianhe
Tianhe is a town in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, best known for hosting Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, a major air transport hub in central China.
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E.
BeiDou
BeiDou is China's satellite-based global navigation system that serves as an alternative to and competitor of GPS.
- 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: China Sky Eye Target entity description: China Sky Eye is the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, located in Guizhou, China, and used for cutting-edge research in radio astronomy, pulsars, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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A.
China Moon
China Moon is a 1994 neo-noir thriller film in which Madeleine Stowe stars opposite Ed Harris in a tale of passion, murder, and deception.
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B.
Sky Over China
Sky Over China is a literary work that served as the source material for the 1932 film "Shanghai Express."
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C.
Tianhe
Tianhe is the core module of China’s Tiangong space station, serving as its main control, living, and docking hub in low Earth orbit.
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D.
Tianhe
Tianhe is a town in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, best known for hosting Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, a major air transport hub in central China.
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E.
BeiDou
BeiDou is China's satellite-based global navigation system that serves as an alternative to and competitor of GPS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical observatory
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radio telescope ⓘ single-dish radio telescope ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FAST
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Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope ⓘ |
| altNameInChinese | 中国天眼 ⓘ |
| altNameLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| collectingArea | approximately 196000 square meters ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2011-03-25 ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| designInspiredBy | Arecibo Observatory ⓘ |
| dishDiameter | 500 meters ⓘ |
| effectiveAperture | 300 meters ⓘ |
| environmentalRequirement | radio-quiet zone ⓘ |
| estimatedCost | about 1.2 billion yuan ⓘ |
| firstLightDate | 2016-09-25 ⓘ |
| frequencyRange | 70 MHz to 3 GHz ⓘ |
| fundingBody | National Development and Reform Commission of China ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Chinese government
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linked to:
People's Republic of China government
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| hasCapability |
high-sensitivity pulsar surveys
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spectral line observations ⓘ very long baseline interferometry support ⓘ |
| hasReceiver | L-band 19-beam receiver ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 2016-09-25 ⓘ |
| locatedInKarstDepression | Yes ⓘ |
| location |
Pingtang County, Guizhou, China
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linked to:
Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, China
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| managingOrganization | National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery |
large number of new pulsars
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numerous millisecond pulsars ⓘ |
| numberOfPanels | about 4450 ⓘ |
| officialOpeningToInternationalAstronomers | 2021-03 ⓘ |
| operator | Chinese Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| primaryMirrorType | active reflector ⓘ |
| primaryScienceField | radio astronomy ⓘ |
| province |
Guizhou
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linked to:
Guizhou Province
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| purpose |
basic scientific research
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search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) ⓘ |
| rank | world’s largest single-dish radio telescope ⓘ |
| researchArea |
fast radio bursts
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galactic and extragalactic astronomy ⓘ gravitational wave-related pulsar timing ⓘ interstellar medium ⓘ neutral hydrogen (HI) surveys ⓘ pulsars ⓘ search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ |
| shape | spherical ⓘ |
| siteSelectionReason |
karst depression topography
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low radio-frequency interference ⓘ |
| startOfOperations | 2020-01-11 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: China Sky Eye Description of subject: China Sky Eye is the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, located in Guizhou, China, and used for cutting-edge research in radio astronomy, pulsars, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.