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LIGO

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: gravitational wave detector
  • Also known as: “Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory” and “LIGO Exploration Center (LExC)”
  • Address: 127124 N Route 10, Richland, WA 99354

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fast Flux Test Facility.

Industrial building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a 400 MW thermal, liquid sodium cooled, nuclear test reactor owned by the Department of Energy. It does not generate electricity. is situated 2½ miles southeast of LIGO.

LIGO

Latitude
46.45351° or 46° 27′ 13″ north
Longitude
-119.40248° or 119° 24′ 9″ west
Operator
California Institute of Technology;Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Open location code
85R2FH3X+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1149306547
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q255371
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“LIGO” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليجو”
  • Arabic: “ليغو”
  • Armenian: “Լազերային ինտերֆերոմետր գրավիտացիոն ալիքների աստղադիտարան”
  • Assamese: “লিগ‘”
  • Assamese: “লিগ’”
  • Awadhi: “लिगो”
  • Basque: “LIGO”
  • Belarusian: “LIGO”
  • Bengali: “লেজার ইন্টারফেরোমিটার গ্র্যাভিটেশনাল-ওয়েভ অবজারভেটরি”
  • Bhojpuri: “लिगो”
  • Bosnian: “LIGO”
  • Bulgarian: “LIGO”
  • Catalan: “LIGO”
  • Chinese: “激光干涉引力波天文台”
  • Czech: “LIGO”
  • Danish: “LIGO”
  • Dutch: “LIGO”
  • Esperanto: “LIGO”
  • Estonian: “LIGO”
  • Finnish: “LIGO”
  • French: “Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory”
  • French: “LIGO”
  • German: “LIGO”
  • Hebrew: “LIGO”
  • Hindi: “लिगो (LIGO)”
  • Hindi: “लिगो”
  • Hungarian: “LIGO”
  • Indonesian: “Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory”
  • Indonesian: “LIGO”
  • Italian: “Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory”
  • Italian: “LIGO”
  • Japanese: “Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory”
  • Japanese: “LIGO”
  • Japanese: “ライゴ”
  • Japanese: “レーダー干渉計重力波天文台”
  • Korean: “레이저 간섭계 중력파 관측소”
  • Latvian: “LIGO”
  • Macedonian: “LIGO”
  • Macedonian: “Ласерска интерферометарска опсерваторија на гравитациски бранови”
  • Malayalam: “ലിഗൊ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “LIGO”
  • Norwegian: “LIGO”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه موج گرانشی با تداخل‌سنج لیزری”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه موج گرانشی تداخل لیزری”
  • Polish: “LIGO”
  • Portuguese: “LIGO”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul interferometru laser de unde gravitaționale”
  • Russian: “LIGO”
  • Scots: “LIGO”
  • Serbian: “LIGO”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “LIGO”
  • Slovak: “LIGO”
  • Slovenian: “LIGO”
  • Spanish: “LIGO”
  • Swedish: “LIGO”
  • Tamil: “லிகோ”
  • Tamil: “லைகோ”
  • Tatar: “LIGO”
  • Thai: “ไลโก”
  • Turkish: “LIGO”
  • Ukrainian: “LIGO”
  • Ukrainian: “Лазерна інтерферометрична гравітаційно-хвильова обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “دی لیزر اینٹرفیرومیٹر گریویٹیشنل ویو آبزرویٹری”
  • Urdu: “لیگو”
  • Vietnamese: “LIGO”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیگو”
  • “LIGO”
  • “लिगो”

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