Atacama Large Millimeter Array
66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile
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Summary
Atacama Large Millimeter Array is a radio interferometer[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of radio interferometer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,067 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antofagasta Region[3]
- Country: Chile[4]
- Operator: European Southern Observatory[5], National Science Foundation[6], National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan[7]
- Part of: Llano de Chajnantor Observatory[8], Event Horizon Telescope[9]
- Commons category: Atacama Large Millimeter Array[10]
- Has part(s): radio telescope[11]
- Located in/on physical feature: Atacama Desert[12]
- Official website: https://www.almaobservatory.org/[13], https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/alma/[14], https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/alma/[15], http://alma.mtk.nao.ac.jp/e/[16]
- Date of official opening: October 3, 2011[17], March 13, 2013[18]
- Native label: Atacama Large Millimeter Array[19]
- Elevation above sea level: 5058.7 m[20]
- Capital cost: 1,400,000,000 US dollars[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
- Social media followers: 36,572[23], 42,346[24], 52,457[25]
Why It Matters
Atacama Large Millimeter Array has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]