Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA space telescope that conducted an all-sky survey in infrared light, discovering hundreds of millions of objects including asteroids, brown dwarfs, and distant galaxies.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer canonical | 7 |
| Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission | 3 |
| WISE mission | 2 |
| WISE space telescope | 1 |
| Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Context triple: [NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, missionArchiveFor, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer]
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Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA infrared space observatory that studied the universe in long-wavelength light, revealing cold, dusty, and distant objects invisible to optical telescopes.
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B.
Herschel Space Observatory
The Herschel Space Observatory was a European Space Agency space telescope that studied the universe in far-infrared and submillimetre wavelengths, revealing cold and dusty regions such as star-forming clouds and distant galaxies.
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C.
VISTA telescope
The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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D.
Kepler space telescope
The Kepler space telescope was a NASA space observatory designed to discover Earth-size exoplanets by continuously monitoring the brightness of over 150,000 stars.
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E.
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Target entity description: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA space telescope that conducted an all-sky survey in infrared light, discovering hundreds of millions of objects including asteroids, brown dwarfs, and distant galaxies.
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A.
Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope was a NASA infrared space observatory that studied the universe in long-wavelength light, revealing cold, dusty, and distant objects invisible to optical telescopes.
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B.
Herschel Space Observatory
The Herschel Space Observatory was a European Space Agency space telescope that studied the universe in far-infrared and submillimetre wavelengths, revealing cold and dusty regions such as star-forming clouds and distant galaxies.
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C.
VISTA telescope
The VISTA telescope is a 4.1-meter wide-field survey telescope in Chile designed primarily for large-scale near-infrared sky surveys.
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D.
Kepler space telescope
The Kepler space telescope was a NASA space observatory designed to discover Earth-size exoplanets by continuously monitoring the brightness of over 150,000 stars.
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E.
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space mission
ⓘ
infrared space observatory ⓘ space telescope ⓘ |
| acronym | WISE ⓘ |
| allSkySurveyCompletion | 2010-07 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
WISE space telescope
ⓘ
linked to:
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
|
| band |
12 micrometres
ⓘ
22 micrometres ⓘ 3.4 micrometres ⓘ 4.6 micrometres ⓘ |
| catalogProduced |
AllWISE Source Catalog
ⓘ
WISE All-Sky Source Catalog ⓘ |
| cosparId | 2009-071A ⓘ |
| cryogenDepletion | 2010-10 ⓘ |
| dataRelease |
All-Sky Data Release
ⓘ
linked to:
AllWISE Source Catalog
AllWISE Data Release ⓘ
linked to:
AllWISE Source Catalog
|
| detectorType |
HgCdTe arrays
ⓘ
Si:As arrays ⓘ |
| discovered |
brown dwarfs
ⓘ
distant galaxies ⓘ near-Earth asteroids ⓘ ultra-cool brown dwarfs ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | 47 arcminutes ⓘ |
| inclination | 97.5 degrees ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2009-12-14 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Space Launch Complex 2W
ⓘ
linked to:
Space Launch Complex 2
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
linked to:
Vandenberg Space Force Base
|
| launchVehicle |
Delta II 7320-10C
ⓘ
linked to:
Delta rocket
|
| missionType |
all-sky survey
ⓘ
astronomical survey ⓘ |
| noradId | 36110 ⓘ |
| numberOfBands | 4 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
ⓘ
linked to:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| primaryMirrorDiameter | 40 cm ⓘ |
| primaryMissionEnd | 2011-02 ⓘ |
| primaryScienceGoal | all-sky infrared survey ⓘ |
| principalInvestigator | Edward L. Wright ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Medium-class Explorer program
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program
|
| projectScientist | Peter R. Eisenhardt ⓘ |
| reactivatedAs |
NEOWISE
ⓘ
linked to:
NEOWISE mission
|
| reactivation | 2013-12 ⓘ |
| scienceGoal |
study of asteroids
ⓘ
study of brown dwarfs ⓘ study of distant galaxies ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| surveyEnd | 2010-02-01 ⓘ |
| surveyStart | 2010-01-14 ⓘ |
| telescopeType |
Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
ⓘ
linked to:
Ritchey–Chrétien reflector
|
| wavelengthRange | infrared ⓘ |
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Subject: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Description of subject: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA space telescope that conducted an all-sky survey in infrared light, discovering hundreds of millions of objects including asteroids, brown dwarfs, and distant galaxies.
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