Jodrell Bank Observatory

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astronomical observatory radio observatory

Jodrell Bank Observatory is a major British radio astronomy facility in Cheshire, England, renowned for its pioneering research in radio astronomy and its iconic Lovell Telescope.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jodrell Bank Observatory canonical	8
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics	2
Jodrell Bank	1
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre	1
Jodrell Bank Observatory World Heritage Site	1
Jodrell Bank, Cheshire	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory ⓘ radio observatory ⓘ
affiliation	School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester ⓘ
altitude	about 85 metres ⓘ
architecturalStyle	industrial ⓘ
associatedWith	Square Kilometre Array project ⓘ
category	Radio telescopes ⓘ Science museum in England ⓘ World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom ⓘ
coordinates	53.2363°N 2.3071°W ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
founder	Sir Bernard Lovell ⓘ surface form: Bernard Lovell
hasPart	Lovell Telescope ⓘ MERLIN network ⓘ Mark II Telescope ⓘ e-MERLIN network ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre	Jodrell Bank Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	2019 ⓘ
heritageSignificance	pioneering large steerable radio telescope design ⓘ
inception	1945 ⓘ
knownFor	Lovell Telescope ⓘ contributions to VLBI ⓘ cosmic ray research ⓘ pioneering radio astronomy research ⓘ studies of pulsars ⓘ studies of quasars ⓘ tracking space probes ⓘ
location	Cheshire ⓘ England ⓘ
namedAfter	Jodrell Bank Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jodrell Bank
notableTelescope	Lovell Telescope ⓘ Mark II Telescope ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedBy	University of Manchester ⓘ
ownedBy	University of Manchester ⓘ
partOf	Jodrell Bank Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
primaryDiscipline	radio astronomy ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria	criterion (i) ⓘ criterion (ii) ⓘ criterion (iv) ⓘ
usedFor	deep space communication ⓘ education and outreach ⓘ monitoring spacecraft ⓘ radio interferometry ⓘ
website	https://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/ ⓘ

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Sir Bernard Lovell → workLocation → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in England → hasPart → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom → containsSite → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

Lovell → workLocation → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

subject surface form: Sir Bernard Lovell

Jodrell Bank Observatory → namedAfter → Jodrell Bank Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jodrell Bank

Jodrell Bank Observatory → partOf → Jodrell Bank Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

Jodrell Bank Observatory → hasVisitorCentre → Jodrell Bank Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Lovell Telescope → locatedIn → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

Lovell Telescope → associatedWith → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

Lovell Telescope → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jodrell Bank Observatory World Heritage Site

Swettenham, Cheshire, England → hasNearbyAttraction → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell → workplace → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell → placeOfWork → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jodrell Bank, Cheshire

Francis Graham-Smith → workLocation → Jodrell Bank Observatory ⓘ