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GRB 970508: Characters & Measurement

GRB 970508 was a gamma-ray burst (GRB) detected on May 8, 1997, at 21:42 UTC. It is historically important as the second GRB (after GRB 970228) with a detected afterglow at other wavelengths, the first to have a direct redshift measurement of the afterglow, and the first to be detected at radio wavelengths.

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GRB 970508 topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around GRB 970508.

Related topics
77
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
83
Extracted relationships
239
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
83

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Observations · 33 topics
Overview · 22 topics
Characteristics · 8 topics
Discovery · 8 topics
Host galaxy · 4 topics
Distance scale and emission model · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Constellation
Camelopardalis
Date
21:24 UTC May 8, 1997
Declination
+79° 16′ 19.6″
Distance
6,000,000,000 ly (1.8×109 pc)
Event type
Gamma-ray burst
Other designations
GRB 970508

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Discovery

Observations

Characteristics

Distance scale and emission model

Host galaxy

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How GRB 970508 connects Entity context

The extracted context around GRB 970508 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, GRB 970508 → Adalberto, Adelberger, Adriano, Adrick, Afterglows, Andersen, Antonelli, Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Bartolini, Beamed Gamma Ray Burst, Benitez, Benn, Bergeron, Bibcode, Big Bang, Birkle, Bloom, Bohdan, Bond Another extracted example is GRB 970508 → GRB, It, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

GRB 970508

Top relations

related to References · 226
GRB 970508 → Adalberto, Adelberger, Adriano, Adrick, Afterglows, Andersen, Antonelli, Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Bartolini, Beamed Gamma Ray Burst, Benitez, Benn, Bergeron, Bibcode, Big Bang, Birkle, Bloom, Bohdan, Bond
related to Host galaxy · 3
GRB 970508 → GRB, It, The
Constellation · 1
GRB 970508 → Camelopardalis
Date · 1
GRB 970508 → 21:24 UTC May 8, 1997
Declination · 1
GRB 970508 → +79° 16′ 19.6″
Distance · 1
GRB 970508 → 6,000,000,000 ly (1.8×109 pc)
Event type · 1
GRB 970508 → Gamma-ray burst
Other designations · 1
GRB 970508 → GRB 970508
Peak apparent magnitude · 1
GRB 970508 → 19.6
Redshift · 1
GRB 970508 → 0.835 ≤ z ≤ 2.3

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

burst grb radio 970508 gamma-ray afterglow 10 detected optical bibcode doi redshift frail may first grbs arxiv s2cid x-ray 1997

GRB 970508 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 239 structured relationships around GRB 970508. Examples in this analysis include GRB 970508 → Constellation → Camelopardalis and GRB 970508 → Date → 21:24 UTC May 8, 1997. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GRB 970508ConstellationCamelopardalis1.00infobox
GRB 970508Date21:24 UTC May 8, 19971.00infobox
GRB 970508Declination+79° 16′ 19.6″1.00infobox
GRB 970508Distance6,000,000,000 ly (1.8×109 pc)1.00infobox
GRB 970508Event typeGamma-ray burst1.00infobox
GRB 970508Other designationsGRB 9705081.00infobox
GRB 970508Peak apparent magnitude19.61.00infobox
GRB 970508Redshift0.835 ≤ z ≤ 2.31.00infobox
GRB 970508Right ascension06h 53m 49s1.00infobox
GRB 970508Total energy output5 × 1050 erg (5 × 1043 J)1.00infobox
GRB 970508related to Host galaxyThe0.60section
GRB 970508related to Host galaxyGRB0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around GRB 970508 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include First, Afterglow and Redshift. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • gamma-ray burst
    • Burst
    • Gamma-ray
    • Afterglow
    • Gamma
    • Detected
    • Radio
    • Earth
    • Utc
    • X-ray
    • Optical
    • May
    • Grb
  • GRB 970508
    • First
    • Afterglow
    • Redshift
    • Optical
    • Distance
    • Galaxy
    • Gamma
    • May
    • Radio
    • Bepposax
    • Utc
    • Costa
  • grb 970508
    • First
    • Afterglow
    • Redshift
    • Optical
    • Distance
    • Galaxy
    • Gamma
    • May
    • Radio
    • Bepposax
    • Utc
    • Costa
  • grb 970228
    • First
    • Afterglow
    • Redshift
    • Optical
    • Distance
    • Galaxy
    • Gamma
    • May
    • Radio
    • Bepposax
    • Utc
    • Costa
  • distance scale and emission model
    • Source
    • Light
    • Earth
    • Grb
    • Utc
    • Gamma-ray
    • Energetic
    • Galaxy
    • Also
    • Gamma
    • Grbs
    • Metzger
  • utc
    • May
    • Detected
    • Gamma
    • Gamma-ray
    • Burst
    • Distance
    • Afterglow
    • Energetic
    • Galaxy
    • Also
    • First
    • Grb
  • gamma rays
    • Gamma-ray
    • Utc
    • Energetic
    • X-ray
    • Also
    • Optical
    • Grb
    • Bepposax
    • Distance
    • Source
    • Space
    • Light
  • radio
    • Source
    • Frail
    • X-ray
    • Light
    • Occur
    • Optical
    • Bepposax
    • Distance
    • Energetic
    • Galaxy
    • Costa
    • Also

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For GRB 970508, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects GRB 970508 with Observations. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
GRB 970508 — Observations · splits 50 ⟂ 34
GRB 970508 — Overview · splits 61 ⟂ 23
GRB 970508 — Discovery · splits 75 ⟂ 9
GRB 970508 — Characteristics · splits 75 ⟂ 9
GRB 970508 — Host galaxy · splits 79 ⟂ 5
GRB 970508 — Distance scale and emission model · splits 81 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

GRB 970508

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples239
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around GRB 970508 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — GRB 970508 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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