LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Summary

LIGO Scientific Collaboration is an organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 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].
• +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of LIGO Scientific Collaboration^[8].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rtxn5^[9].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's official website is recorded as http://www.ligo.org/^[10].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's official website is recorded as http://www.ligo.org/sp/index.php^[11].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's official website is recorded as http://ligo.elte.hu/^[12].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's Mastodon address is recorded as [email protected]^[13].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's API endpoint URL is recorded as https://login.ligo.org/idp/shibboleth^[14].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779278775^[15].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's Gateway to Research organization ID is recorded as 2A83294E-8C48-4F02-9BF4-856D628F0185^[16].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's UIA Open Yearbook organization website ID is recorded as 1122279784^[17].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's Bluesky handle is recorded as ligo.org^[18].
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/184974a3-d154-4b02-ba77-8161b96666e7^[19].

Body

Founding

+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of LIGO Scientific Collaboration^[8].

Operations

Headquarters locations include California Institute of Technology^[6], a university^[20], in United States^[21], founded in 1891^[22], headquartered in California^[23] and Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[7], a university^[24], in United States^[25], founded in 1861^[26], headquartered in Cambridge^[27].

Why It Matters

LIGO Scientific Collaboration ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]