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Long Wavelength Array

Radio telescope in central New Mexico
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Summary

Long Wavelength Array is a radio telescope[1]. It draws 61 Wikipedia views per month (radio telescope category, ranking #33 of 66).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Mexico[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: phased array[5]
  • Operator: National Radio Astronomy Observatory[6]
  • Service entry: April 7, 2011[7]
  • Significant event: construction[8]
  • Official website: http://lwa.phys.unm.edu/[9]
  • Has part(s) of the class: dipole antenna[10], telescope[11]
  • Maximum wavelength of sensitivity: 30 m[12]
  • Minimum wavelength of sensitivity: 3.4 m[13]

Why It Matters

Long Wavelength Array is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . lwa.phys.unm.edu. Retrieved . lwa.phys.unm.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . lwa.phys.unm.edu. Retrieved . lwa.phys.unm.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · ~2026-56232-21 · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → LWA logo.png
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: LWA logo.png"
  2. 1d ago · Tony kang peppy · 2026-10-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → —
    Image → LWA logo.png
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Long Wavelength Array's antennas in New Mexico.jpg"
  3. 1d ago · Tony kang peppy · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 2
    Imported from → —
    Wikidata description → Radio telescope in central New Mexico
    Maximum wavelength of sensitivity → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+30'}
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Diameter: 100 yard"
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