gravitational wave event GW170817

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/gravitational_wave_event_GW170817
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:gravitational_wave_event
gptkbp:announced 2017-10-16
gptkbp:chirpMass 1.188 solar masses
gptkbp:declination -23° 22′ 53.3″
gptkbp:detectionDate 2017-08-17
gptkbp:detects gptkb:LIGO
gptkb:Virgo
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~130 million light-years
gptkbp:electromagneticCounterpart gptkb:AT2017gfo
gptkb:GRB_170817A
gptkbp:eventType multi-messenger astronomy event
gptkbp:gravitationalWaveFrequency ~23–1800 Hz
gptkbp:hostedBy gptkb:NGC_4993
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label gravitational wave event GW170817
gptkbp:luminosity 40 Mpc
gptkbp:mass 2.74 solar masses
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Gemini_Observatory
gptkb:Very_Large_Telescope
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Pan-STARRS
gptkb:INTEGRAL
gptkbp:resultedIn supernova
heavy element nucleosynthesis
short gamma-ray burst
gptkbp:rightAscension 13h 09m 48.08s
gptkbp:significance first gravitational wave event with electromagnetic counterpart
gptkbp:type binary neutron star merger
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NGC_4993
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7