GW170817 detection

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:announced 2017-10-16
gptkbp:coincidentWith gptkb:AT2017gfo
gptkb:GRB_170817A
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:LIGO_Scientific_Collaboration
gptkb:Virgo_Collaboration
various astronomical observatories
gptkbp:detectionDate 2017-08-17
gptkbp:detects gptkb:LIGO
gptkb:Virgo
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~130 million light-years
gptkbp:energyReleased ~10^53 ergs
gptkbp:eventType gravitational wave detection
gptkbp:firstObserved gptkb:Virgo
gptkb:LIGO_Hanford
gptkb:LIGO_Livingston
gptkbp:followUpObservations gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:X-rays
infrared
ultraviolet
optical
gamma-ray
gptkbp:gravitationalWaveFrequency ~30–3000 Hz
gptkbp:gravitationalWaveSignal chirp
gptkbp:hasCounterpart supernova
electromagnetic counterpart
gptkbp:hostedBy gptkb:NGC_4993
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GW170817 detection
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
nuclear physics
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Physical_Review_Letters
gptkb:The_Astrophysical_Journal_Letters
gptkbp:resultedIn multi-messenger astronomy
measurement of Hubble constant
confirmation of kilonova theory
insight into origin of heavy elements
gptkbp:significance first gravitational wave detection with electromagnetic counterpart
gptkbp:source binary neutron star merger
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA_Collaboration
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6