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GRB 170817A

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GRB 170817A

Summary

GRB 170817A is a gamma-ray burst[1]. It draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (gamma_ray_burst category, ranking #12 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • GRB 170817A's image is recorded as NGC 4993 and GRB170817A after glow.gif[3].
  • GRB 170817A's instance of is recorded as gamma-ray burst[4].
  • GRB 170817A's constellation is recorded as Hydra[5].
  • GRB 170817A's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope[6].
  • GRB 170817A's catalog code is recorded as SN 2017gfo[7].
  • GRB 170817A's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2017-08-17T00:00:00Z[8].
  • GRB 170817A's point in time is recorded as +2017-08-17T00:00:00Z[9].
  • GRB 170817A's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gcbs54cg[10].
  • GRB 170817A's SIMBAD ID is recorded as GrW 170817[11].
  • GRB 170817A's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+197.4503542'}[12].
  • GRB 170817A's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-23.38148417'}[13].
  • GRB 170817A's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[14].

Why It Matters

GRB 170817A draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (gamma_ray_burst category, ranking #12 of 17).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov. gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_grb-170817a_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GRB 170817A}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/grb-170817a}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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