LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Summary

LIGO Scientific Collaboration is an organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's instance of is recorded as organization^[3].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's instance of is recorded as research collaboration^[4].
• Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory is named after LIGO Scientific Collaboration^[5].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's headquarters location is recorded as California Institute of Technology^[6].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's headquarters location is recorded as Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[7].
• 1997 marks the founding of LIGO Scientific Collaboration^[8].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's official website is recorded as http://www.ligo.org/^[9].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's official website is recorded as http://www.ligo.org/sp/index.php^[10].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's official website is recorded as http://ligo.elte.hu/^[11].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's API endpoint URL is recorded as https://login.ligo.org/idp/shibboleth^[12].

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Founding

1997 marks the founding of LIGO Scientific Collaboration^[8].

Operations

Headquarters locations include California Institute of Technology^[6], a university^[13], in United States^[14], founded in 1891^[15], headquartered in California^[16] and Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[7], a university^[17], in United States^[18], founded in 1861^[19], headquartered in Cambridge^[20].

Why It Matters

LIGO Scientific Collaboration ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]