140-foot Green Bank Telescope

E657531

astronomical observatory instrument radio telescope

The 140-foot Green Bank Telescope was a large, early-generation radio telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia that played a significant role in radio astronomy research before being superseded by the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope.

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Label	Occurrences
140 Foot Radio Telescope	1
140-foot Green Bank Telescope canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical observatory instrument ⓘ radio telescope ⓘ
altName	140 ft Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ 140-foot Radio Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ 140-foot Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
apertureShape	circular ⓘ
commissionedIn	1965 ⓘ
completedIn	1965 ⓘ
constructionStart	1960 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decommissionedIn	1999 ⓘ
diameter	140 ft ⓘ 43 m ⓘ
environment	National Radio Quiet Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	equatorial coordinate system ⓘ
heritage	historically important instrument in Green Bank Observatory complex ⓘ
locatedIn	Green Bank Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Bank, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ National Radio Quiet Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ Pocahontas County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	National Science Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountType	equatorial mount ⓘ
notableFor	long-term monitoring of radio sources ⓘ training of radio astronomers ⓘ
observatoryCode	NRAO Green Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Green Bank Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ National Radio Astronomy Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	National Radio Astronomy Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Green Bank Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	radio astronomy ⓘ
replaced	earlier smaller Green Bank radio telescopes ⓘ
scienceDiscipline	astrophysics ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ
significance	contributed to development of radio astronomy techniques ⓘ early-generation large radio telescope in the United States ⓘ
status	decommissioned ⓘ
successor	Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
supersededBy	Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
telescopeType	single-dish radio telescope ⓘ
usedFor	continuum surveys ⓘ pulsar observations ⓘ spectral line observations ⓘ very long baseline interferometry ⓘ
wavelengthRange	centimeter wavelengths ⓘ millimeter wavelengths ⓘ

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Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope → replaced → 140-foot Green Bank Telescope ⓘ

140 Foot Telescope → alternativeName → 140-foot Green Bank Telescope ⓘ

this entity surface form: 140 Foot Radio Telescope