Automated Planet Finder

automated telescope searching exoplanets currently under construction
Product robotic_telescope Q1748180
Automated Planet Finder
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Automated Planet Finder

Summary

Automated Planet Finder is a robotic telescope[1]. It draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (robotic_telescope category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Automated Planet Finder is located in Santa Clara County[3].
  • Automated Planet Finder is in the country of United States[4].
  • Automated Planet Finder's image is recorded as Automated Planet Finder, Lick Observatory Aug 2019 2.jpg[5].
  • Automated Planet Finder's continent is recorded as North America[6].
  • Automated Planet Finder's instance of is recorded as robotic telescope[7].
  • Automated Planet Finder's instance of is recorded as optical telescope[8].
  • Automated Planet Finder's part of is recorded as Lick Observatory[9].
  • Automated Planet Finder's Commons category is recorded as Automated Planet Finder[10].
  • +2013-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Automated Planet Finder[11].
  • Automated Planet Finder's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.34254147732442, 'lon': -121.63826311696248}[12].
  • Automated Planet Finder's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fsdmv[13].
  • Automated Planet Finder's official website is recorded as https://www.ucolick.org/main/science/telescopes/apf.html[14].
  • Automated Planet Finder's official website is recorded as http://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html[15].
  • Automated Planet Finder's official website is recorded as https://apf.ucolick.org/index.html[16].
  • Automated Planet Finder's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'APF'}[17].
  • Automated Planet Finder's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1280'}[18].
  • Automated Planet Finder's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.4'}[19].
  • Automated Planet Finder's webcam page URL is recorded as http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/apfcam/[20].
  • Automated Planet Finder's mountain range is recorded as Diablo Range[21].
  • Automated Planet Finder's OpenStreetMap node ID is recorded as 478228088[22].

Why It Matters

Automated Planet Finder draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (robotic_telescope category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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