GW170817

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
gptkbp:announced 2017-10-16
gptkbp:chirpMass 1.188 solar masses
gptkbp:detectionDate 2017-08-17
gptkbp:detects gptkb:LIGO
gptkb:Virgo
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~130 million light-years
gptkbp:electromagneticCounterpart gptkb:AT2017gfo
gptkbp:eventType multi-messenger astronomy event
gptkbp:firstObserved gptkb:Virgo
gptkb:LIGO_Hanford
gptkb:LIGO_Livingston
gptkbp:gammaRayBurst gptkb:GRB_170817A
gptkbp:gravitationalWaveFrequency 23–1800 Hz
gptkbp:hostedBy gptkb:NGC_4993
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GW170817
gptkbp:impact confirmed neutron star mergers as sites of r-process nucleosynthesis
provided independent measurement of Hubble constant
gptkbp:mass 2.73–2.78 solar masses
gptkbp:massOfPrimary 1.46–1.60 solar masses
gptkbp:massOfSecondary 1.17–1.36 solar masses
gptkbp:observedBy over 70 observatories worldwide
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Physical_Review_Letters
gptkbp:resultedIn supernova
heavy element nucleosynthesis
gptkbp:significance first gravitational wave event with electromagnetic counterpart
gptkbp:skyLocation RA 13h 09m 48.08s, Dec −23° 22′ 53.3″
gptkbp:source binary neutron star merger
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Advanced_LIGO
gptkb:LIGO
gptkb:VIRGO
gptkb:LIGO_gravitational_wave_detections
gptkb:Virgo_interferometer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5