Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle collider. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research between 1998 and 2008 in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and hundreds of universities... Wikipedia
Opened: October 21, 2008
Cost: around $4.75 billion
Circumference: 26,659 metres; (16.565 miles)
Coordinates: 46°14′06″N 06°02′42″E / 46.23500°N 6.04500°E
Dates of operation: 2010; 14 years ago – present
Location: Near Geneva, Switzerland; across the border of France and Switzerland
Maximum energy: 6.8 TeV per beam (13.6 TeV collision energy)
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