GW170817

Summary

GW170817 is a gravitational wave event^[1]. GW170817 draws 325 Wikipedia views per month (gravitational_wave_event category, ranking #2 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• GW170817's video is recorded as GW170817 NASA.ogv^[3].
• GW170817's video is recorded as Neutron star collision.ogv^[4].
• GW170817's image is recorded as GW170817 spectrograms.svg^[5].
• GW170817's instance of is recorded as gravitational wave event^[6].
• GW170817's instance of is recorded as neutron star merger^[7].
• GW170817's instance of is recorded as kilonova^[8].
• GW170817's constellation is recorded as Hydra^[9].
• GW170817's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory^[10].
• GW170817's follows is recorded as GW170814^[11].
• GW170817's location is recorded as NGC 4993^[12].
• GW170817's Commons category is recorded as GW170817^[13].
• GW170817's catalog code is recorded as GW170817^[14].
• GW170817's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2017-08-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• GW170817's described at URL is recorded as https://losc.ligo.org/events/GW170817/^[16].
• GW170817's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0099'}^[17].
• GW170817's different from is recorded as AT 2017gfo^[18].
• GW170817's different from is recorded as GRB 170817A^[19].
• GW170817's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q180892', 'amount': '+2.73'}^[20].
• GW170817's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3773454', 'amount': '+40.7'}^[21].
• GW170817's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f15m9512^[22].
• GW170817's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+48.085'}^[23].
• GW170817's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+53.343'}^[24].
• GW170817's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[25].

Why It Matters

GW170817 draws 325 Wikipedia views per month (gravitational_wave_event category, ranking #2 of 9).^[2] GW170817 has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]