Green Bank Telescope
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The Green Bank Telescope is the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, located in West Virginia and used for cutting-edge astronomical and astrophysical research.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green Bank Telescope canonical | 9 |
| Green Bank telescope array | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1406306 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Green Bank Telescope Context triple: [National Radio Astronomy Observatory, operates, Green Bank Telescope]
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A.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
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B.
Apollo Telescope Mount
The Apollo Telescope Mount was a solar observatory module used on NASA’s Skylab space station to conduct detailed studies of the Sun in multiple wavelengths.
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C.
Baade Telescope
The Baade Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan optical telescopes used for cutting-edge astronomical research in Chile.
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D.
South Pole Telescope
The South Pole Telescope is a large millimeter-wave radio telescope located at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, designed primarily to study the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe.
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E.
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a large submillimetre-wavelength radio telescope used for astronomical observations, located near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Green Bank Telescope Target entity description: The Green Bank Telescope is the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, located in West Virginia and used for cutting-edge astronomical and astrophysical research.
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A.
Hale Telescope
The Hale Telescope is a historic 200-inch reflecting telescope at Palomar Observatory in California that was once the world’s largest and remains a landmark instrument in observational astronomy.
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B.
Apollo Telescope Mount
The Apollo Telescope Mount was a solar observatory module used on NASA’s Skylab space station to conduct detailed studies of the Sun in multiple wavelengths.
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C.
Baade Telescope
The Baade Telescope is one of the twin 6.5-meter Magellan optical telescopes used for cutting-edge astronomical research in Chile.
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D.
South Pole Telescope
The South Pole Telescope is a large millimeter-wave radio telescope located at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, designed primarily to study the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe.
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E.
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is a large submillimetre-wavelength radio telescope used for astronomical observations, located near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fully steerable radio telescope
ⓘ
radio telescope ⓘ single-dish radio telescope ⓘ |
| abbreviation | GBT ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | open to the international scientific community ⓘ |
| azimuthRange | 0 to 360 degrees ⓘ |
| collectingArea | about 7,850 square meters ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1991 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Pocahontas County, West Virginia ⓘ |
| dedicationDate | August 25, 2000 ⓘ |
| design | unblocked aperture ⓘ |
| diameter |
100 meters
ⓘ
328 feet ⓘ |
| elevationRange | 5 to 90 degrees ⓘ |
| environmentalConstraint | radio quiet regulations ⓘ |
| firstLightDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| formerOperator | National Radio Astronomy Observatory ⓘ |
| frequencyRange | approximately 0.1 GHz to 116 GHz ⓘ |
| fullySteerable | true ⓘ |
| fundedBy | National Science Foundation ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
multi-beam receivers
ⓘ
pulsar backends ⓘ spectrometers ⓘ ultra-wideband receivers ⓘ |
| height | about 148 meters ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Monongahela National Forest
ⓘ
National Radio Quiet Zone ⓘ |
| location | Green Bank, West Virginia ⓘ |
| mountType | altazimuth mount ⓘ |
| name | Green Bank Telescope self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter | town of Green Bank ⓘ |
| notableDiscovery | numerous new pulsars ⓘ |
| notableProject | Breakthrough Listen ⓘ |
| operator | Green Bank Observatory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Green Bank Observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
Green Bank Observatory facility complex
|
| primaryMirrorShape | off-axis paraboloid ⓘ |
| primaryUse | radio astronomy ⓘ |
| state | West Virginia ⓘ |
| surfaceAccuracy | about 240 micrometers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
SETI observations
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astronomical research ⓘ astrophysical research ⓘ cosmology ⓘ fast radio burst observations ⓘ galactic structure studies ⓘ molecular line studies ⓘ pulsar observations ⓘ search for extraterrestrial intelligence ⓘ solar system radar experiments ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | radio wavelengths from meter to millimeter ⓘ |
| weight | about 7,600 metric tons ⓘ |
| worldRanking | world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope ⓘ |
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Subject: Green Bank Telescope Description of subject: The Green Bank Telescope is the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, located in West Virginia and used for cutting-edge astronomical and astrophysical research.
Referenced by (10)
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this entity surface form:
Green Bank telescope array