Cosmic Background Explorer

NASA space observatory
Vehicle space_telescope Q49445
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Cosmic Background Explorer

Summary

Cosmic Background Explorer is a space telescope[1]. It draws 101 Wikipedia views per month (space_telescope category, ranking #22 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cosmic Background Explorer's image is recorded as Cobe.jpg[3].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's instance of is recorded as space telescope[4].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's instance of is recorded as cosmic microwave background experiment[5].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's operator is recorded as Goddard Space Flight Center[6].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's follows is recorded as Charge Composition Explorer[7].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's followed by is recorded as Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer[8].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1905150869795722190007[9].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2004077028[10].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1989-089A[11].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's part of is recorded as Explorers Program[12].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's Commons category is recorded as COBE[13].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta 5000[14].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's SCN is recorded as 20322[15].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's has part is recorded as Far Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer[16].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1989-11-18T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j7n2q0[18].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's official website is recorded as https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/[20].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0246363[21].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Cosmic-Background-Explorer[22].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2[23].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "20322"][24].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3887167[25].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's Canadiana Name Authority ID is recorded as ncf10741648[26].
  • Cosmic Background Explorer's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007385109405171[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Cosmic Background Explorer include 9997 COBE[28], an asteroid[29].

Why It Matters

Cosmic Background Explorer draws 101 Wikipedia views per month (space_telescope category, ranking #22 of 124).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include 9997 COBE[28], an asteroid[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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