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…
- University
- …is operated by Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
- Description: gravitational wave detector in Germany
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leineaue zwischen Ruthe und Koldingen and Heilige Dreifaltigkeit.
Leineaue zwischen Ruthe und Koldingen
Leineaue zwischen Ruthe und Koldingen is a nature reserve.
Heilige Dreifaltigkeit
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. Sarstedt station is situated 3 km southeast of GEO600.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruthe and Koldingen.
Sarstedt
Town
Sarstedt is a town in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. Sarstedt is situated 3½ km southeast of GEO600.
GEO600
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Latitude
52.2474° or 52° 14′ 51″ north
Longitude
9.80934° or 9° 48′ 34″ east
Open location code
9F4F6RW5+XP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=university
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatory
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“GEO600” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جيو 600”
- Catalan: “GEO 600”
- Dutch: “GEO 600”
- French: “GEO 600”
- French: “Interféromètre GEO”
- German: “GEO 600”
- German: “Geo-600-Experiment”
- Latvian: “GEO 600”
- Persian: “ژئو۶۰۰”
- Polish: “GEO600”
- Portuguese: “GEO600”
- Russian: “GEO 600”
- Spanish: “GEO 600”
- Swedish: “GEO 600”
- Ukrainian: “GEO600”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lehr- und Forschungsgut der Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule and Sportzentrum TuSpo Schliekum von 1900.
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