GEO600
GEO600 is a gravitational wave detector located near Sarstedt, a town 20 kilometres to the south of Hanover, Germany. It is designed and operated by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and…Photo: Oge oval, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leineaue zwischen Ruthe und Koldingen and Heilige Dreifaltigkeit.
Leineaue zwischen Ruthe und Koldingen
Nature reserve
Photo: Den man tau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leineaue zwischen Ruthe und Koldingen is a nature reserve.
Heilige Dreifaltigkeit
Church
Photo: Kirchenfan, CC0.
Heilige Dreifaltigkeit is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of GEO600.
Sarstedt station
Railway station
Sarstedt is a railway station located in Sarstedt, Germany. The station is located on the Hanoverian Southern Railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, Metronom and Erixx. The station is also served by the Hanover S-Bahn. Sarstedt station is situated 3 km southeast of GEO600.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruthe and Koldingen.
Koldingen
Village
Photo: Clemensfranz, CC BY 2.5.
Koldingen is a village, which is situated 3 km north of GEO600.
Sarstedt
Town
Sarstedt is a town in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. It has approximately 18,500 inhabitants. Sarstedt is situated 20 km south of Hanover and 10 km north of Hildesheim. Sarstedt station is on the Hanoverian Southern Railway and is served by the Hanover S-Bahn. Sarstedt is situated 3½ km southeast of GEO600.
GEO600
- Type: University
- Description: gravitational wave detector in Germany
- Categories: Michelson interferometer, gravitational-wave detector, observatory, and education
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.2474° or 52° 14′ 51″ northLongitude
9.80934° or 9° 48′ 34″ eastOperator
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.Open location code
9F4F6RW5+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 37349940OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=universityOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q697906
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Satellite Map
Discover GEO600 from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“GEO600” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جيو 600”
- Catalan: “GEO 600”
- Catalan: “GEO600”
- Dutch: “GEO 600”
- Dutch: “GEO600”
- French: “GEO 600”
- French: “GEO600”
- French: “Interféromètre GEO”
- German: “GEO 600”
- German: “Geo-600-Experiment”
- German: “GEO600”
- Latvian: “GEO 600”
- Latvian: “GEO600”
- Persian: “ژئو۶۰۰”
- Polish: “GEO600”
- Portuguese: “GEO600”
- Russian: “GEO 600”
- Russian: “GEO-600”
- Russian: “GEO600”
- Spanish: “GEO 600”
- Spanish: “GEO600”
- Swedish: “GEO 600”
- Swedish: “GEO600”
- Ukrainian: “GEO600”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lehr- und Forschungsgut der Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule and Sportzentrum TuSpo Schliekum von 1900.
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