Trinity test site, New Mexico
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Trinity test site, New Mexico is the location in the Jornada del Muerto desert where the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945.
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| instanceOf |
historic site
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landmark in the United States ⓘ nuclear test site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Leslie R. Groves Jr.
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surface form:
General Leslie Groves
J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form:
Manhattan Engineer District
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| category |
Manhattan Project sites
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National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico ⓘ Nuclear weapons testing sites of the United States ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 33.677° N ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 106.475° W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentStatus | controlled area within White Sands Missile Range ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1945-07-16 ⓘ |
| designation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| distanceFromAlamogordo | about 35 miles southeast of Socorro ⓘ |
| distanceFromSocorro | about 35 miles southeast of Socorro ⓘ |
| environment | desert ⓘ |
| explosionAltitude | detonation atop a steel tower ⓘ |
| firstOf | world’s first detonation of a nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| impact |
beginning of the nuclear age
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demonstration of feasibility of plutonium implosion design used in Fat Man bomb ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jornada del Muerto desert
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New Mexico ⓘ Socorro County, New Mexico ⓘ White Sands Missile Range ⓘ |
| managedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| materialMelted | sand ⓘ |
| memorial | obelisk marking ground zero ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | San Antonio, New Mexico ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Trinity test device
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surface form:
Trinity nuclear test
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| openToPublic | twice a year (typically) for public visits ⓘ |
| operatorAtTimeOfTest |
Los Alamos Laboratory
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United States Army ⓘ |
| partOf | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| publicAccess | limited, by guided tours or open houses ⓘ |
| radiologicalLegacy | residual contamination and trinitite fragments on site ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ |
| resultOfExplosion | formation of trinitite glass ⓘ |
| safetyMeasuresAtTime | bunkers and observation posts at several miles distance ⓘ |
| subsequentUse | further nuclear weapons–related research activities ⓘ |
| testCodename | Trinity ⓘ |
| testTowerHeight | about 100 feet ⓘ |
| timeOfEvent | 05:29:21 local time ⓘ |
| weaponNickname | The Gadget ⓘ |
| weaponTypeTested | plutonium implosion-type nuclear bomb ⓘ |
| yearOfNationalHistoricLandmarkDesignation | 1975 ⓘ |
| yieldOfTest | about 21 kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
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Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Trinity test site, Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range
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Jornada del Muerto
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