gravitational wave

Summary

gravitational wave ranks in the top 0.75% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,238 views/month, #585 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• gravitational wave is made of spacetime^[2].
• gravitational wave is a type of radiation^[3].
• gravitational wave is a type of wave^[4].
• gravitational wave is a type of spacetime event^[5].
• gravitational wave is part of spacetime^[6].
• gravitational wave's Commons category is recorded as Gravitational waves^[7].
• gravitational wave's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 14, 2015^[8].
• gravitational wave's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gravitational waves^[9].
• gravitational wave's described at URL is recorded as https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/ESSAYS/Boughn/boughn.html^[10].
• gravitational wave's described at URL is recorded as https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/grav_radiation.html^[11].
• gravitational wave's topic has template is recorded as Template:Gravitational wave observatories^[12].
• gravitational wave's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/gravitational-waves^[13].
• gravitational wave's has effect is recorded as gravitational wave event^[14].
• gravitational wave's different from is recorded as gravity wave^[15].
• gravitational wave's speed is recorded as {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+299792458'}^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include radiation^[3], wave^[4], and spacetime event^[5].

Use and Application

gravitational wave is part of spacetime^[6].

Why It Matters

gravitational wave ranks in the top 0.75% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,238 views/month, #585 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]