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The 14 pages that link to Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, each with the reason it gives.

• Cosmic microwave backgroundBroader topic: Its detailed sky maps constrained the universe’s age, composition, and geometry.

• Lambda-CDM modelRelated: Its results established a precise, widely used parameterized version of the model.

• Planck satelliteRelated: WMAP’s full-sky results preceded Planck and provided a direct comparison of cosmological measurements.

• Cosmic microwave background anisotropyRelated: Its full-sky maps refined measurements of temperature fluctuations and cosmological parameters.

• George SmootBroader topic: WMAP refined the anisotropy measurements that COBE had first detected.

• Cosmic Background ExplorerRelated: WMAP followed COBE with finer angular resolution and more precise cosmological measurements.

• John C. MatherRelated: WMAP extended COBE’s discovery into more detailed tests of cosmological parameters.

• Robert Woodrow WilsonBroader topic: Its finer map turned the background Wilson detected into a tool for measuring cosmological parameters.

• CMB cold spotRelated: Its full-sky maps brought the cold spot to broad attention.

• Lissajous orbitBroader topic: The spacecraft operated in a Lissajous orbit around Sun–Earth L2.

• Primordial fluctuationsRelated: Its full-sky maps established precise measurements of the microwave background’s primordial pattern.

• Dark flowRelated: Its maps supplied key data for early dark-flow analyses.

• Discovery of cosmic microwave background radiationBroader topic: It extended the observational legacy of the 1965 discovery into precision cosmology.

• Jim PeeblesBroader topic: Its measurements refined cosmological parameters within the theoretical tradition Peebles helped build.