GW170817 discovery

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:GRB_170817A
gptkb:kilonova_AT2017gfo
gptkbp:coordinatedObservation multi-messenger astronomy
gptkbp:date 2017-08-17
gptkbp:detects gptkb:LIGO
gptkb:Virgo
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~130 million light-years
gptkbp:eventType gravitational wave detection
gptkbp:impact confirmed origin of short gamma-ray bursts
insight into r-process nucleosynthesis
provided measurement of Hubble constant
gptkbp:involvedObjectType binary neutron star merger
gptkbp:location gptkb:NGC_4993
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Physical_Review_Letters
gptkbp:significance first gravitational wave event with electromagnetic counterpart
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Virgo_collaboration
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GW170817 discovery

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