Luna 13
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Luna 13 was a Soviet robotic spacecraft that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 1966 and transmitted panoramic images and data about the lunar surface.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Luna 13 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12579921 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Luna 13 Context triple: [Ye-6 series lunar landers, notableSpacecraft, Luna 13]
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A.
Luna 14
Luna 14 was a Soviet robotic spacecraft launched in 1968 to study the Moon’s gravitational field and test tracking and communication systems for future lunar missions.
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B.
Luna 11
Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
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C.
Luna 12
Luna 12 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 that successfully entered lunar orbit and returned detailed photographs of the Moon’s surface.
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D.
Luna 20
Luna 20 was a Soviet robotic lunar sample-return mission that successfully collected and returned soil from the Moon’s surface in 1972.
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E.
Luna 24
Luna 24 was a Soviet lunar sample-return mission launched in 1976 that successfully collected and brought back soil from the Moon’s surface.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Luna 13 Target entity description: Luna 13 was a Soviet robotic spacecraft that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 1966 and transmitted panoramic images and data about the lunar surface.
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A.
Luna 14
Luna 14 was a Soviet robotic spacecraft launched in 1968 to study the Moon’s gravitational field and test tracking and communication systems for future lunar missions.
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B.
Luna 11
Luna 11 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the Luna program, launched in 1966 to study the Moon from lunar orbit.
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C.
Luna 12
Luna 12 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft launched in 1966 that successfully entered lunar orbit and returned detailed photographs of the Moon’s surface.
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D.
Luna 20
Luna 20 was a Soviet robotic lunar sample-return mission that successfully collected and returned soil from the Moon’s surface in 1972.
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E.
Luna 24
Luna 24 was a Soviet lunar sample-return mission launched in 1976 that successfully collected and brought back soil from the Moon’s surface.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet spacecraft
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lunar lander ⓘ space probe ⓘ uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| communicationBand | radio frequencies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| destination | Moon ⓘ |
| endOfMission | 1966-12-28 ⓘ |
| epoch | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Luna 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
dynamograph penetrometer
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gamma-ray densitometer ⓘ panoramic television camera ⓘ penetration gauge ⓘ radiation detector ⓘ radio altimeter ⓘ |
| landingBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1966-12-24 ⓘ |
| landingMass | approximately 113 kilograms ⓘ |
| landingRegion | western part of Oceanus Procellarum ⓘ |
| landingSite | Oceanus Procellarum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingType | soft landing ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1966-12-21 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Molniya-M rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lavochkin Design Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 1130 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
determine lunar surface density
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measure radiation environment on lunar surface ⓘ obtain panoramic images of lunar surface ⓘ study mechanical properties of lunar soil ⓘ |
| missionType | lunar lander mission ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first detailed mechanical property measurements of lunar regolith by Soviet probe
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second Soviet spacecraft to achieve soft landing on the Moon ⓘ |
| operator | Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitsBeforeLanding | lunar descent trajectory without lunar orbit insertion ⓘ |
| powerSource | chemical batteries ⓘ |
| precededBy | Luna 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Luna program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForEndOfMission | battery depletion ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Ye-6M NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| success | true ⓘ |
| targetBody | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transmitted |
data on lunar soil bearing strength
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data on lunar surface density ⓘ panoramic images of the lunar surface ⓘ radiation measurements from lunar surface ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Luna 13 Description of subject: Luna 13 was a Soviet robotic spacecraft that successfully soft-landed on the Moon in 1966 and transmitted panoramic images and data about the lunar surface.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.