Karl Guthe Jansky

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human physicist pioneer of radio astronomy radio engineer

Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who pioneered radio astronomy by discovering radio waves emanating from the Milky Way.

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Karl Guthe Jansky canonical 3
Jansky 1
Karl Eugen Jansky 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
pioneer of radio astronomy ⓘ
radio engineer ⓘ
awardReceived Elliott Cresson Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1905-10-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Norman, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
constructed rotating directional radio antenna ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1950-02-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Red Bank, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
degree bachelor’s degree in physics ⓘ
discovered cosmic radio noise ⓘ
radio waves from the Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
education University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
employer Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
era 20th-century physics ⓘ
familyName Karl Guthe Jansky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jansky
father Karl Guthe Jansky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Karl Eugen Jansky
fieldOfWork physics ⓘ
radio astronomy ⓘ
radio engineering ⓘ
givenName Karl ⓘ
hasMemorial Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
hasUnitNamedAfter jansky ⓘ
honouredIn Jansky (unit) ⓘ
Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope ⓘ
surface form: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
identifiedAs source of radio noise in the direction of the center of the Milky Way ⓘ
influenced development of radio astronomy ⓘ
instrumentUsed wavelength 14.6 m radio antenna ⓘ
knownFor detecting cosmic radio emission ⓘ
founding radio astronomy ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mother Nelda Jansky ⓘ
name Karl Guthe Jansky self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement first identification of an extraterrestrial radio source ⓘ
notableWork discovery of radio waves from the Milky Way ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
radio engineer ⓘ
researchSubject atmospheric and extraterrestrial radio static ⓘ
sibling Cyril M. Jansky ⓘ
spouse Alice Zook Jansky ⓘ
workLocation Holmdel Township, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Holmdel, New Jersey, United States
workPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ

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Very Large Array (VLA) Radio Telescope → namedAfter → Karl Guthe Jansky ⓘ
subject surface form: Very Large Array
Very Large Array radio telescope (near Magdalena) → namedAfter → Karl Guthe Jansky ⓘ
subject surface form: Very Large Array
Karl Guthe Jansky → name → Karl Guthe Jansky self-link ⓘ
Karl Guthe Jansky → familyName → Karl Guthe Jansky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jansky
Karl Guthe Jansky → father → Karl Guthe Jansky self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karl Eugen Jansky