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GRB 080319B

gamma-ray burst in the constellation Boötes
Event gamma_ray_burst Q528365
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GRB 080319B

Summary

GRB 080319B is a gamma-ray burst[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of gamma_ray_burst entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • GRB 080319B is credited with the discovery of Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory[3].
  • GRB 080319B's image is recorded as GRB 080319B.jpg[4].
  • GRB 080319B's instance of is recorded as gamma-ray burst[5].
  • GRB 080319B's instance of is recorded as supernova[6].
  • GRB 080319B's constellation is recorded as Boötes[7].
  • GRB 080319B's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory[8].
  • GRB 080319B's Commons category is recorded as GRB 080319B[9].
  • GRB 080319B's catalog code is recorded as GRB 080319B[10].
  • GRB 080319B's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-03-19T00:00:00Z[11].
  • GRB 080319B's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y6hs8[12].
  • GRB 080319B's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9382'}[13].
  • GRB 080319B's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.937'}[14].
  • GRB 080319B's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.8'}[15].
  • GRB 080319B's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/GRB-080319B[16].
  • GRB 080319B's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+50'}[17].
  • GRB 080319B's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+173740'}[18].
  • GRB 080319B's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+7500000000'}[19].
  • GRB 080319B's SIMBAD ID is recorded as GRB 080319B[20].
  • GRB 080319B's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+217.921000'}[21].
  • GRB 080319B's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+36.302556'}[22].
  • GRB 080319B's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[23].

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Works and Contributions

GRB 080319B is credited with the discovery of Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory[3].

Why It Matters

GRB 080319B ranks in the top 6% of gamma_ray_burst entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov. gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Low-resolution spectroscopy of gamma-ray burst optical afterglows: biases in the Swift sample and characterization of the absorbers. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov. gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample ofSwift-XRT observations of GRBs. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample ofSwift-XRT observations of GRBs. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Methods and results of an automatic analysis of a complete sample ofSwift-XRT observations of GRBs. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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