asteroid 299 Thora
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Asteroid 299 Thora is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the late 19th century and named after the Norse goddess Thor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| asteroid 299 Thora canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14244977 — 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: asteroid 299 Thora Context triple: [Norman Robert Pogson, hasDiscovered, asteroid 299 Thora]
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A.
asteroid 271 Penthesilea
Asteroid 271 Penthesilea is a main-belt asteroid named after the Amazonian queen Penthesilea from Greek mythology.
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B.
asteroid 279 Thule
Asteroid 279 Thule is a large, dark outer main-belt asteroid and the namesake of the Thule family, notable for its unusually distant, low-eccentricity orbit.
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C.
asteroid 290 Bruna
Asteroid 290 Bruna is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named in honor of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Bruna.
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D.
asteroid 287 Nephthys
Asteroid 287 Nephthys is a main-belt asteroid named after the Egyptian goddess Nephthys.
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E.
asteroid 294 Felicia
Asteroid 294 Felicia is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named "Felicia," following the convention of giving female names to such minor planets.
- 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: asteroid 299 Thora Target entity description: Asteroid 299 Thora is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the late 19th century and named after the Norse goddess Thor.
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A.
asteroid 271 Penthesilea
Asteroid 271 Penthesilea is a main-belt asteroid named after the Amazonian queen Penthesilea from Greek mythology.
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B.
asteroid 279 Thule
Asteroid 279 Thule is a large, dark outer main-belt asteroid and the namesake of the Thule family, notable for its unusually distant, low-eccentricity orbit.
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C.
asteroid 290 Bruna
Asteroid 290 Bruna is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named in honor of the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Bruna.
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D.
asteroid 287 Nephthys
Asteroid 287 Nephthys is a main-belt asteroid named after the Egyptian goddess Nephthys.
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E.
asteroid 294 Felicia
Asteroid 294 Felicia is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named "Felicia," following the convention of giving female names to such minor planets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.