Observatoire de Paris

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:address gptkb:61_Avenue_de_l'Observatoire,_75014_Paris,_France
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:PSL_University
gptkb:Sorbonne_University
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Claude_Perrault
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Grande_Coupole
gptkb:Institut_de_mécanique_céleste_et_de_calcul_des_éphémérides
gptkb:LERMA
gptkb:SYRTE
gptkb:Bureau_des_Longitudes
gptkb:GEPI
gptkb:LESIA
Paris Meridian
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:director gptkb:Laurent_Vigroux
gptkbp:founded 1667
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Louis_XIV
gptkbp:hasCampus gptkb:Nançay
gptkb:Meudon
gptkbp:heritageStatus gptkb:Monument_historique
gptkbp:historicalEvent development of timekeeping standards
discovery of Neptune's existence (by Le Verrier)
establishment of the Paris Meridian
measurement of the speed of light (by Arago)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Observatoire de Paris
gptkbp:latitude 48.8367
gptkbp:location gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:longitude 2.3369
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
gptkb:François_Arago
gptkb:Giovanni_Domenico_Cassini
gptkb:Jean-Pierre_Luminet
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Delambre
gptkb:Jules_Janssen
gptkb:André_Danjon
gptkb:Jean_Audouze
gptkb:Jean_Kovalevsky
gptkb:Urbain_Le_Verrier
gptkb:Camille_Flammarion
gptkbp:numberOfStudents ~350
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:RER_B_Port-Royal
Metro line 4 Raspail
gptkbp:purpose astronomical research
education
public outreach
gptkbp:staffedBy ~1000
gptkbp:telescopeType gptkb:Meudon_refractor
gptkb:Nançay_Radio_Telescope
gptkb:Grande_Lunette
gptkbp:website https://www.observatoiredeparis.psl.eu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jean-Michel_Zarka
gptkb:Université_PSL
gptkb:LESIA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5