LOFAR

Summary

LOFAR is a radio telescope^[1]. LOFAR draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (radio_telescope category, ranking #10 of 66).^[2]

Key Facts

• LOFAR is in the country of Netherlands^[3].
• LOFAR's instance of is recorded as radio telescope^[4].
• LOFAR's instance of is recorded as radio interferometer^[5].
• LOFAR's instance of is recorded as phased array^[6].
• LOFAR's instance of is recorded as observatory^[7].
• LOFAR is operated by ASTRON^[8].
• LOFAR's headquarters location is recorded as Netherlands^[9].
• LOFAR's headquarters location is recorded as Germany^[10].
• LOFAR's headquarters location is recorded as United Kingdom^[11].
• LOFAR's headquarters location is recorded as Sweden^[12].
• LOFAR's headquarters location is recorded as France^[13].
• LOFAR's Commons category is recorded as LOFAR^[14].
• LOFAR comprises Onsala Space Observatory LOFAR station^[15].
• LOFAR comprises Rawlings Array^[16].
• LOFAR comprises Nançay Radio Observatory^[17].
• LOFAR comprises I-LOFAR^[18].
• LOFAR's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.908889, 'lon': 6.868889}^[19].
• LOFAR's official website is recorded as http://www.lofar.org/^[20].
• LOFAR's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Low-Frequency Array^[21].
• LOFAR covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.3'}^[22].
• LOFAR's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1000'}^[23].
• LOFAR's maximum wavelength of sensitivity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+30'}^[24].
• LOFAR's minimum wavelength of sensitivity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.3'}^[25].

Body

Operations

Headquarters locations include Netherlands^[9], a country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands^[26], in Kingdom of the Netherlands^[27], founded in 1795^[28]; Germany^[10], a sovereign state^[29], in Germany^[30], founded in 1949^[31]; United Kingdom^[11], a sovereign state^[32], in United Kingdom^[33], founded in 1927^[34]; Sweden^[12], a sovereign state^[35], founded in 0900^[36]; and France^[13], a sovereign state^[37], in France^[38], founded in 0843^[39]. LOFAR is operated by ASTRON^[8].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for LOFAR include 12634 LOFAR^[40], an asteroid^[41].

Why It Matters

LOFAR draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (radio_telescope category, ranking #10 of 66).^[2] LOFAR has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] LOFAR is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for LOFAR include 12634 LOFAR^[40], an asteroid^[41].