Taygeta
E111366
Taygeta is one of the prominent stars in the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869966 — 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: Taygeta Context triple: [Seven Sisters, containsStar, Taygeta]
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A.
Mount Taygetus
Mount Taygetus is a prominent mountain range in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece, known for its rugged peaks, rich mythology, and historical significance in ancient Sparta.
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B.
Mount Pelion
Mount Pelion is a mountainous peninsula in central Greece famed for its lush forests, traditional stone villages, and beaches, and for its role in Greek mythology as the legendary home of the Centaurs.
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C.
Mount Pentelicus
Mount Pentelicus is a prominent mountain in the Attica region of Greece, historically renowned as the source of the fine white marble used to build the Parthenon and other classical Athenian monuments.
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D.
Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus is a limestone mountain in central Greece famed in Greek mythology as a sacred home of Apollo and the Muses and a symbol of poetry and the arts.
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E.
Mount Cyllene
Mount Cyllene is a mountain in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, famed in Greek mythology as the birthplace of the god Hermes and the home of the nymph Maia.
- 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: Taygeta Target entity description: Taygeta is one of the prominent stars in the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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A.
Mount Taygetus
Mount Taygetus is a prominent mountain range in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece, known for its rugged peaks, rich mythology, and historical significance in ancient Sparta.
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B.
Mount Pelion
Mount Pelion is a mountainous peninsula in central Greece famed for its lush forests, traditional stone villages, and beaches, and for its role in Greek mythology as the legendary home of the Centaurs.
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C.
Mount Pentelicus
Mount Pentelicus is a prominent mountain in the Attica region of Greece, historically renowned as the source of the fine white marble used to build the Parthenon and other classical Athenian monuments.
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D.
Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus is a limestone mountain in central Greece famed in Greek mythology as a sacred home of Apollo and the Muses and a symbol of poetry and the arts.
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E.
Mount Cyllene
Mount Cyllene is a mountain in the northeastern Peloponnese of Greece, famed in Greek mythology as the birthplace of the god Hermes and the home of the nymph Maia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
B-type star
ⓘ
main-sequence star ⓘ multiple star system ⓘ star ⓘ |
| age | about 100 million years ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 4.3 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Gould Belt region
ⓘ
linked to:
Gould Belt
|
| belongsToAsterism | Seven Sisters ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Bright Star Catalogue
ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
linked to:
Hipparcos satellite
|
| clusterAgeContext | coeval with other Pleiades members ⓘ |
| colorIndexBminusV | about −0.1 ⓘ |
| componentOf | multiple stellar system ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | used in navigation as part of Pleiades ⓘ |
| declination | +24° (approximate) ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 135 parsecs
ⓘ
about 440 light-years ⓘ |
| effectiveTemperature | about 13,000 K ⓘ |
| evolutionaryStatus | near main-sequence turnoff ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | Population I star ⓘ |
| hasCompanion | spectroscopic companion star ⓘ |
| hasProperMotion | common with Pleiades cluster ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pleiades star cluster
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
|
| locatedInConstellation | Taurus ⓘ |
| luminosity | about 100 times the luminosity of the Sun ⓘ |
| mass | about 4 times the mass of the Sun ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Pleiades open cluster
ⓘ
linked to:
Pleiades
|
| namedAfter |
the nymph Taygete
ⓘ
linked to:
Taygete
|
| nameInGreekMythology | Taygete ⓘ |
| observedIn |
optical wavelengths
ⓘ
ultraviolet wavelengths ⓘ |
| otherDesignation |
19 Tauri
ⓘ
linked to:
23 Tauri
BD+23 550 ⓘ HD 23338 ⓘ HIP 17531 ⓘ HR 1149 ⓘ |
| parallaxMeasuredBy |
Gaia spacecraft
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaia observatory
Hipparcos satellite ⓘ |
| partOf | Milky Way ⓘ |
| radius | about 3 times the radius of the Sun ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 03h 45m (approximate) ⓘ |
| rotationalVelocity | high projected rotational velocity ⓘ |
| skyPosition | near the ecliptic in Taurus ⓘ |
| spectralType | B6IV-V ⓘ |
| visibility | visible to the naked eye ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Northern Hemisphere
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taygeta Description of subject: Taygeta is one of the prominent stars in the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Taygeta
linked to: Taygeta