Jodrell Bank
Also known as Jodrell Bank Experimental Station, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories
astronomical observatory in Cheshire, England, UK
Key facts
- Alternative names
- Jodrell Bank Experimental Station
- Named after
- William Jauderell
- Organization
- University of Manchester
- Location
- Lower Withington , Cheshire East , Cheshire , North West England , England
- Altitude
- 77 m (253 ft)
- Website
- www .jodrellbank .manchester .ac .uk
- Telescopes
- 42ft radio telescope of Jodrell Bank Observatory 7m radio telescope of Jodrell Bank Observatory Cambridge MERLIN telescope Darnhall telescope Defford telescope Knockin telescope Pickmere telescope Polar Axis telescope Searchlight Telescope Transit Telescope Lovell Telescope mERLIN Mark II Mark III
- Criteria
- Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv), (vi)
- Inscription
- 2019 (43rd Session )
- Area
- 17.38 ha (42.9 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 18,569.22 ha (45,885.5 acres)
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Jodrell Bank är ett anrikt radioteleskopsobservatorium i Manchester, England. Platsen användes 1945 för första gången för forskning inom astrofysik när Bernard Lovell använde radarutrustning från andra världskriget för att undersöka kosmisk strålning.
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