Luna 18
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Luna 18 was a Soviet unmanned lunar probe from the Luna program, launched in 1971 to conduct scientific exploration of the Moon’s surface and environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Luna 18 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12807674 — 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 18 Context triple: [Luna spacecraft, hasPart, Luna 18]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Luna 6
Luna 6 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the 1960s Luna program intended to achieve a soft landing on the Moon but which ultimately missed its target due to a mid-course correction failure.
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D.
Luna 13
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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E.
Luna 8
Luna 8 was a Soviet Luna program spacecraft launched in 1965 that attempted, but failed, to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
- 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 18 Target entity description: Luna 18 was a Soviet unmanned lunar probe from the Luna program, launched in 1971 to conduct scientific exploration of the Moon’s surface and environment.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Luna 6
Luna 6 was a Soviet unmanned spacecraft from the 1960s Luna program intended to achieve a soft landing on the Moon but which ultimately missed its target due to a mid-course correction failure.
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D.
Luna 13
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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E.
Luna 8
Luna 8 was a Soviet Luna program spacecraft launched in 1965 that attempted, but failed, to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.