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    Q184356 (Deleted Item)
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    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    The Roanoke Times English
    reference URL
    https://www.roanoke.com/lifestyles/green-bank-telescope-searches-space-while-dealing-with-earthly-threats/article_3c2f75b8-c73c-5367-b036-7edb3865d1cd.html
    title
    Green Bank Telescope searches space while dealing with earthly threats (English)
    author name string
    Ralph Berrier Jr.
    publication date
    3 June 2018
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    Q742318 (Deleted Item)
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    Off-axis illumination English
    0 references
    Commons category
    Green Bank Telescope
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    country
    United States of America
    3 references
    imported from Wikimedia project
    English Wikipedia
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q52701206 (Deleted Item)
    Emporis ID
    1257940
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    Freebase ID
    /m/01v5j7
    1 reference
    stated in
    Q15241312 (Deleted Item)
    publication date
    28 October 2013
    image
    Green Bank Telescope NRAO (cropped).jpg
    media legend
    The Green Bank Telescope (English)
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    location
    Q1012806 (Deleted Item)
    3 references
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q52701206 (Deleted Item)
    Emporis ID
    1257940
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    The Roanoke Times English
    reference URL
    https://www.roanoke.com/lifestyles/green-bank-telescope-searches-space-while-dealing-with-earthly-threats/article_3c2f75b8-c73c-5367-b036-7edb3865d1cd.html
    title
    Green Bank Telescope searches space while dealing with earthly threats (English)
    author name string
    Ralph Berrier Jr.
    publication date
    3 June 2018
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    service entry
    22 August 2000
    0 references
    2003
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    23 August 2000
    6 references
    reference URL
    http://www.setileague.org/photos/gbt.htm
    title
    Dedication of the Green Bank Telescope ; 25 August 2000 (English)
    title of broader work English
    SETI League Photo Gallery (English)
    quotation
    The 100-meter diameter Green Bank Telescope, world's largest fully steerable dish, was dedicated at NRAO Green Bank WV on 25 August 2000, just two days after achieving first light. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    reference URL
    https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020311.html
    title
    2002 March 11 ; The 100-Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope (English)
    title of broader work English
    Astronomy Picture of the Day (English)
    author name string
    Robert Nemiroff
    Jerry Bonnell
    quotation
    Explanation: The largest single-dish fully steerable radio telescope began operation in 2000 August in Green Bank, West Virginia, USA. Dedicated as the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    reference URL
    https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/web12167-2011640jpg
    title
    The 100-Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope (English)
    quotation
    The new Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope became operational in August 2000. (English)
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    reference URL
    https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    applies to part
    2000
    stated in
    The Roanoke Times English
    reference URL
    https://www.roanoke.com/lifestyles/green-bank-telescope-searches-space-while-dealing-with-earthly-threats/article_3c2f75b8-c73c-5367-b036-7edb3865d1cd.html
    title
    Green Bank Telescope searches space while dealing with earthly threats (English)
    author name string
    Ralph Berrier Jr.
    publication date
    3 June 2018
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    applies to part
    2000
    reference URL
    https://www.byrdcenter.org/byrd-center-blog/byrds-legacy-on-npr-student-edition
    title
    Byrd’s Legacy on NPR (Student Edition) (English)
    title of broader work English
    The Byrd Center Blog (English)
    quotation
    Senator Byrd dedicating the newly finished Green Bank Telescope (August 25, 2000). (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
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    5 references
    stated in
    Q60015960 (Deleted Item)
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/telescopes/gbt/#tab-specifications
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q52701206 (Deleted Item)
    Emporis ID
    1257940
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    reference URL
    http://www.setileague.org/photos/gbt.htm
    title
    Dedication of the Green Bank Telescope ; 25 August 2000 (English)
    title of broader work English
    SETI League Photo Gallery (English)
    quotation
    The 100-meter diameter Green Bank Telescope, world's largest fully steerable dish, was dedicated at NRAO Green Bank WV on 25 August 2000, just two days after achieving first light. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    area
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    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
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    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    focal length English
    60 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573
    0 references
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    named as
    Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
    1 reference
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
    topic/Green-Bank-Telescope
    0 references
    inception
    1991
    3 references
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q52701206 (Deleted Item)
    Emporis ID
    1257940
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    19 December 1990
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.nrao.edu/pr/2001/gbtarbitration/
    title
    Decision Announced in Green Bank Telescope Arbitration Case (English)
    title of broader work English
    NRAO Press Release, 02/2001 (English)
    author
    National Radio Astronomy Observatory English
    publication date
    12 February 2001
    quotation
    The contract to design and construct the GBT had an agreed fixed price of $55 million, with work to begin on December 19, 1990 and to be completed by the end of 1994. (English)
    The telescope was accepted from the contractor on October 13, 2000, nearly six years later than the original contract delivery date. (English)
    ...at a dedication ceremony on August 25, 2000, now has been outfitted with scientific instrumentation. Its commissioning period, during which tests of performance and calibration of instrumentation are conducted, is well underway. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    date of official opening
    August 2000
    6 references
    reference URL
    http://www.setileague.org/photos/gbt.htm
    title
    Dedication of the Green Bank Telescope ; 25 August 2000 (English)
    title of broader work English
    SETI League Photo Gallery (English)
    quotation
    The 100-meter diameter Green Bank Telescope, world's largest fully steerable dish, was dedicated at NRAO Green Bank WV on 25 August 2000, just two days after achieving first light. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    reference URL
    https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020311.html
    title
    2002 March 11 ; The 100-Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope (English)
    title of broader work English
    Astronomy Picture of the Day (English)
    author name string
    Robert Nemiroff
    Jerry Bonnell
    quotation
    Explanation: The largest single-dish fully steerable radio telescope began operation in 2000 August in Green Bank, West Virginia, USA. Dedicated as the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    reference URL
    https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/web12167-2011640jpg
    title
    The 100-Meter Green Bank Radio Telescope (English)
    quotation
    The new Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope became operational in August 2000. (English)
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    reference URL
    https://www.byrdcenter.org/byrd-center-blog/byrds-legacy-on-npr-student-edition
    title
    Byrd’s Legacy on NPR (Student Edition) (English)
    title of broader work English
    The Byrd Center Blog (English)
    quotation
    Senator Byrd dedicating the newly finished Green Bank Telescope (August 25, 2000). (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    stated in
    The Roanoke Times English
    reference URL
    https://www.roanoke.com/lifestyles/green-bank-telescope-searches-space-while-dealing-with-earthly-threats/article_3c2f75b8-c73c-5367-b036-7edb3865d1cd.html
    title
    Green Bank Telescope searches space while dealing with earthly threats (English)
    author name string
    Ralph Berrier Jr.
    publication date
    3 June 2018
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    applies to part
    2000
    reference URL
    https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    applies to part
    2000
    2003
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    part of
    National Radio Astronomy Observatory English
    start time
    August 2000
    end time
    30 September 2016
    followed by
    Q41677406 (Deleted Item)
    0 references
    official name
    Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (English)
    start time
    25 August 2000
    6 references
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q60015960 (Deleted Item)
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q52701206 (Deleted Item)
    Emporis ID
    1257940
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    The Roanoke Times English
    reference URL
    https://www.roanoke.com/lifestyles/green-bank-telescope-searches-space-while-dealing-with-earthly-threats/article_3c2f75b8-c73c-5367-b036-7edb3865d1cd.html
    title
    Green Bank Telescope searches space while dealing with earthly threats (English)
    author name string
    Ralph Berrier Jr.
    publication date
    3 June 2018
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q77070708 (Deleted Item)
    e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID English
    1583
    quotation
    A 300-foot meridian transit telescope began observations in October 1961 and operated until it collapsed in 1988. Its replacement, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, was dedicated on August 25, 2000. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    named after
    Q276524 (Deleted Item)
    start time
    25 August 2000
    1 reference
    stated in
    The Roanoke Times English
    reference URL
    https://www.roanoke.com/lifestyles/green-bank-telescope-searches-space-while-dealing-with-earthly-threats/article_3c2f75b8-c73c-5367-b036-7edb3865d1cd.html
    title
    Green Bank Telescope searches space while dealing with earthly threats (English)
    author name string
    Ralph Berrier Jr.
    publication date
    3 June 2018
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    short name
    GBT (English)
    4 references
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    reference URL
    https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    The Roanoke Times English
    reference URL
    https://www.roanoke.com/lifestyles/green-bank-telescope-searches-space-while-dealing-with-earthly-threats/article_3c2f75b8-c73c-5367-b036-7edb3865d1cd.html
    title
    Green Bank Telescope searches space while dealing with earthly threats (English)
    author name string
    Ralph Berrier Jr.
    publication date
    3 June 2018
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    Google Maps CID
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    Q62832 (Deleted Item)
    0 references
    located at street address
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    1 reference
    stated in
    Google Maps
    Google Maps CID
    3499693004240291891
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    postcode
    24944
    1 reference
    stated in
    Google Maps
    Google Maps CID
    3499693004240291891
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
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    2 references
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    reference URL
    https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=55750
    title
    The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia. (English)
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
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    1 reference
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    30 December 2019
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    30 December 2019
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    Q232405 (Deleted Item)
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=55750
    title
    The Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia. (English)
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
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    sourcing circumstances
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    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
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    sourcing circumstances
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    1 reference
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    material used
    steel
    applies to part
    Q811979 (Deleted Item)
    1 reference
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    concrete
    applies to part
    Q191360 (Deleted Item)
    1 reference
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    owned by
    Q304878 (Deleted Item)
    2 references
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/partners/nsf-open-skies/
    title
    NSF Open Skies (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    The NSF built the Green Bank Observatory and funded its operation for more than 50 years. Today the NSF still owns the facility and funds part of the operations, including time for “open skies” science on the 100-m GBT. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : Funding History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    The majority of the site buildings, telescopes, and facilities were either built by, or are owned by, the National Science Foundation (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    operator
    National Radio Astronomy Observatory English
    end time
    30 September 2016
    1 reference
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    Q41677406 (Deleted Item)
    start time
    1 October 2016
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/gbt/
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    sponsor
    Q304878 (Deleted Item)
    1 reference
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    Q115376 (Deleted Item)
    start time
    April 2013
    1 reference
    reference URL
    http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2013/08/23/rockefeller-says-wvu-agreement-on-green-bank-telescope-good-news-for-pocahontas-county-facility.html
    title
    Rockefeller says WVU agreement on Green Bank Telescope good news for Pocahontas County facility (English)
    title of broader work English
    WVUToday (English)
    publisher
    Q115376 (Deleted Item)
    publication date
    23 August 2013
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    Emporis ID
    1257940
    named as
    Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope
    1 reference
    stated in
    Q52701206 (Deleted Item)
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    BabelNet ID
    02541338n
    1 reference
    stated in
    BabelNet
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    observing time available English
    365 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q29463499
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/science/telescopes/gbt/
    title
    Telescopes : Green Bank Telescope (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    The GBT operates 24 hours/day, 362 days/year (English)
    The GBT is running observations roughly 6,500 hours each year, more than any other observatory (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    structure replaces English
    Q50415007 (Deleted Item)
    point in time
    23 August 2000
    3 references
    stated in
    Q60015960 (Deleted Item)
    stated in
    Q77070708 (Deleted Item)
    e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID English
    1583
    quotation
    A 300-foot meridian transit telescope began observations in October 1961 and operated until it collapsed in 1988. Its replacement, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, was dedicated on August 25, 2000. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    Atlas Obscura identifier English
    green-bank-telescope
    0 references
    Microsoft Academic ID
    2780703968
    0 references
    OpenAlex ID
    C2780703968
    1 reference
    stated in
    Q107507571 (Deleted Item)
    retrieved
    26 January 2022
    reference URL
    https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format
    Den Store Danske ID
    Green_Bank_Observatoriet
    0 references
    significant event
    construction English
    start time
    1991
    end time
    2002
    3 references
    stated in
    Q1061861 (Deleted Item)
    Structurae structure ID
    20059915
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    stated in
    Q52701206 (Deleted Item)
    Emporis ID
    1257940
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    construction English
    start time
    19 December 1990
    end time
    2000
    2 references
    reference URL
    https://www.nrao.edu/pr/2001/gbtarbitration/
    title
    Decision Announced in Green Bank Telescope Arbitration Case (English)
    title of broader work English
    NRAO Press Release, 02/2001 (English)
    author
    National Radio Astronomy Observatory English
    publication date
    12 February 2001
    quotation
    The contract to design and construct the GBT had an agreed fixed price of $55 million, with work to begin on December 19, 1990 and to be completed by the end of 1994. (English)
    The telescope was accepted from the contractor on October 13, 2000, nearly six years later than the original contract delivery date. (English)
    ...at a dedication ceremony on August 25, 2000, now has been outfitted with scientific instrumentation. Its commissioning period, during which tests of performance and calibration of instrumentation are conducted, is well underway. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    stated in
    The Roanoke Times English
    reference URL
    https://www.roanoke.com/lifestyles/green-bank-telescope-searches-space-while-dealing-with-earthly-threats/article_3c2f75b8-c73c-5367-b036-7edb3865d1cd.html
    title
    Green Bank Telescope searches space while dealing with earthly threats (English)
    author name string
    Ralph Berrier Jr.
    publication date
    3 June 2018
    retrieved
    30 December 2019
    dedication English
    point in time
    25 August 2000
    3 references
    stated in
    Q77070708 (Deleted Item)
    e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia ID English
    1583
    quotation
    A 300-foot meridian transit telescope began observations in October 1961 and operated until it collapsed in 1988. Its replacement, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope, was dedicated on August 25, 2000. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    reference URL
    http://www.setileague.org/photos/gbt.htm
    title
    Dedication of the Green Bank Telescope ; 25 August 2000 (English)
    title of broader work English
    SETI League Photo Gallery (English)
    quotation
    The 100-meter diameter Green Bank Telescope, world's largest fully steerable dish, was dedicated at NRAO Green Bank WV on 25 August 2000, just two days after achieving first light. (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
    Q1068633 (Deleted Item)
    start time
    1991
    1 reference
    reference URL
    https://greenbankobservatory.org/media/press-kit/
    title
    Press Kit : History (English)
    title of broader work English
    Green Bank Observatory (English)
    quotation
    Ground breaking for the GBT was in 1991, it was dedicated in 2000, and went into operation in 2003 (English)
    retrieved
    1 January 2020
     
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