Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope

The Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the in , . Inaugurated in 1972, for 29 years the Effelsberg Radio Telescope was the largest fully steerable radio telescope on Earth, surpassing the Lovell Telescope in the UK.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: radio telescope in Germany
  • Also known as: “Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Martin and St. Stephan.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1 km east of Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope.

Peak
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The , is a hill, 499.9 m above sea level, in the region. It is situated in the county of in near the state border with in Deutschland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Effelsberg and Holzem.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope

Latitude
50.52483° or 50° 31′ 29″ north
Longitude
6.88361° or 6° 53′ 1″ east
Operator
Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie
Open location code
9F28GVFM+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26116629
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­telescope
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q705139
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Effelsberg 100-metre Radio Telescope” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “埃弗尔斯贝格射电望远镜”
  • Chinese: “埃弗爾斯貝格射電望遠鏡”
  • Croatian: “Effelsberg radio teleskop”
  • Croatian: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
  • Czech: “Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope”
  • Czech: “radioteleskop Effelsberg”
  • Czech: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
  • Dutch: “Radiotelescoop Effelsberg”
  • Esperanto: “Effelsbergo”
  • French: “Radiotelescope d’Effelsberg”
  • French: “Radiotélescope d’Effelsberg”
  • German: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
  • Irish: “Radaiteileascóp Effelsberg 100-m”
  • Italian: “radiotelescopio Effelsberg”
  • Italian: “Radiotelescopio Effelsberg”
  • Japanese: “エフェルスベルク電波望遠鏡”
  • Japanese: “エフェルスベルグ電波望遠鏡”
  • Lithuanian: “Efelsbergo radioteleskopas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Effelsberg radioastronomiske observatorium”
  • Persian: “تلسکوپ افلزبرگ”
  • Polish: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
  • Romanian: “Radiotelescopul Effelsberg”
  • Russian: “Радиотелескоп Эффельсберг”
  • Russian: “Эффельсбергский радиотелескоп”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Radio-teleskop Effelsberg”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Radioteleskop Effelsberg”
  • Spanish: “Effelsberg”
  • Ukrainian: “Еффельсберзький радіотелескоп”

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