Luna 23
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Luna 23 was a Soviet robotic lunar lander mission from the Luna program in the 1970s, intended to return soil samples from the Moon but ultimately failing to complete its sample-return objective.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Luna 23 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12807679 — 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 23 Context triple: [Luna spacecraft, hasPart, Luna 23]
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A.
Luna 22
Luna 22 was a Soviet lunar orbiter mission in the 1970s that conducted detailed mapping and scientific study of the Moon’s surface and environment.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Luna 21
Luna 21 was a Soviet lunar mission that delivered the Lunokhod 2 rover to the Moon in 1973 as part of the USSR's robotic exploration program.
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E.
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.
- 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 23 Target entity description: Luna 23 was a Soviet robotic lunar lander mission from the Luna program in the 1970s, intended to return soil samples from the Moon but ultimately failing to complete its sample-return objective.
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A.
Luna 22
Luna 22 was a Soviet lunar orbiter mission in the 1970s that conducted detailed mapping and scientific study of the Moon’s surface and environment.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Luna 21
Luna 21 was a Soviet lunar mission that delivered the Lunokhod 2 rover to the Moon in 1973 as part of the USSR's robotic exploration program.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.