first direct image of a black hole (2019)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
scientific achievement
astronomical image |
| gptkbp:announced |
gptkb:Event_Horizon_Telescope_Collaboration
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| gptkbp:awarded |
gptkb:Breakthrough_Prize_in_Fundamental_Physics_(2020)
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| gptkbp:capturedBy |
gptkb:Event_Horizon_Telescope
|
| gptkbp:date |
2019-04-10
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| gptkbp:depicts |
supermassive black hole in Messier 87
|
| gptkbp:distanceFromEarth |
about 55 million light-years
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
first direct image of a black hole (2019)
|
| gptkbp:location |
Messier 87 galaxy
|
| gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
global
|
| gptkbp:method |
very-long-baseline interferometry
|
| gptkbp:notablePerson |
gptkb:Sheperd_Doeleman
gptkb:Katie_Bouman |
| gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:The_Astrophysical_Journal_Letters
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:general_relativity
Einstein's theory |
| gptkbp:shows |
accretion disk
black hole shadow |
| gptkbp:signature |
radio image
|
| gptkbp:significance |
first visual evidence of a black hole
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Messier_87
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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