South Pole Telescope

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South Pole Telescope

Summary

South Pole Telescope is a Gregorian telescope[1]. It draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (gregorian_telescope category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • South Pole Telescope is located in Antarctic Treaty area[3].
  • South Pole Telescope's image is recorded as South pole telescope nov2009.jpg[4].
  • South Pole Telescope's continent is recorded as Antarctica[5].
  • South Pole Telescope's instance of is recorded as Gregorian telescope[6].
  • South Pole Telescope's instance of is recorded as radio telescope[7].
  • South Pole Telescope's instance of is recorded as cosmic microwave background experiment[8].
  • South Pole is named after South Pole Telescope[9].
  • South Pole Telescope's location is recorded as South Pole[10].
  • South Pole Telescope's part of is recorded as Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station[11].
  • South Pole Telescope's part of is recorded as Event Horizon Telescope[12].
  • South Pole Telescope's Commons category is recorded as South Pole Telescope[13].
  • South Pole Telescope's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -89.98944444444444, 'lon': -45}[14].
  • South Pole Telescope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_00b[15].
  • South Pole Telescope's service entry is recorded as +2007-02-16T00:00:00Z[16].
  • South Pole Telescope's official website is recorded as https://pole.uchicago.edu[17].
  • South Pole Telescope's participant in is recorded as Event Horizon Telescope[18].
  • South Pole Telescope's replaces is recorded as Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory[19].
  • South Pole Telescope's published in is recorded as New South Pole Telescope to study dark energy[20].
  • South Pole Telescope's published in is recorded as Detection of B-Mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background with Data from the South Pole Telescope[21].
  • South Pole Telescope's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SPT'}[22].
  • South Pole Telescope's X is recorded as SPTelescope[23].
  • South Pole Telescope's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2.8'}[24].
  • South Pole Telescope's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+78.5'}[25].
  • South Pole Telescope's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+280'}[26].
  • South Pole Telescope's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10.0'}[27].

Why It Matters

South Pole Telescope draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (gregorian_telescope category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . pole.uchicago.edu. Retrieved . pole.uchicago.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . pole.uchicago.edu. Retrieved . pole.uchicago.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . antarcticsun.usap.gov. Retrieved . antarcticsun.usap.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . antarcticsun.usap.gov. Retrieved . antarcticsun.usap.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . pole.uchicago.edu. Retrieved . pole.uchicago.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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