Virgo

Summary

Virgo is an organization^[1]. Virgo ranks in the top 3% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (372 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Virgo is located in Cascina^[3].
• Virgo is located in Santo Stefano a Macerata^[4].
• Virgo is in the country of Italy^[5].
• Virgo is in the country of LU^[6].
• Virgo's instance of is recorded as organization^[7].
• Virgo's instance of is recorded as gravitational-wave detector^[8].
• Virgo's instance of is recorded as astronomical observatory^[9].
• Virgo's instance of is recorded as building^[10].
• Virgo's instance of is recorded as architectural structure^[11].
• Virgo is operated by European Gravitational Observatory^[12].
• Virgo Cluster is named after Virgo^[13].
• Virgo's headquarters location is recorded as European Gravitational Observatory^[14].
• Virgo's Commons category is recorded as VIRGO^[15].
• 1993 marks the founding of Virgo^[16].
• 2023-12-18 marks the founding of Virgo^[17].
• Virgo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.631388888888885, 'lon': 10.504444444444445}^[18].
• Virgo's official website is recorded as https://www.virgo-gw.eu/^[19].
• Virgo's legal form is recorded as 9999^[20].
• Virgo's date of official opening is recorded as 2003^[21].
• Virgo's different from is recorded as VIRGO^[22].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 636700CSX52VFVDO4L44^[23]

• Registered legal name: Virgo^[24]

• Legal jurisdiction: LU^[25]

• GLEIF entity category: FUND^[26]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 9999^[27]

• Other legal form: SUB-FUND^[28]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[29]

• LEI registration status: LAPSED^[30]

• Entity created: 2023-12-18^[31]

• LEI first registered: 2023-12-18^[32]

• LEI last updated: 2025-12-20^[33]

• LEI next renewal: 2025-12-19^[34]

• Managing LOU: 549300O897ZC5H7CY412^[35]

• Registration authority: RA000433^[36]

• Authority entity ID: V00003579_00000013^[37]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[38]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1993^[16] and 2023-12-18^[17].

Operations

Virgo's headquarters location is recorded as European Gravitational Observatory^[14]. Virgo is operated by European Gravitational Observatory^[12].

Why It Matters

Virgo ranks in the top 3% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (372 views/month).^[2] Virgo has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Virgo is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]