Itokawa
E1264959
UNEXPLORED
Itokawa is a small, peanut-shaped near-Earth asteroid best known as the target of Japan's Hayabusa sample-return mission.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Itokawa canonical | 2 |
| asteroid Itokawa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17359425 — 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: Itokawa Context triple: [25143 Itokawa, hasAlternativeName, Itokawa]
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A.
asteroid 4179 Toutatis
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is a near-Earth, tumbling, elongated asteroid known for its close approaches to Earth and detailed radar imaging that revealed its distinctive contact-binary shape.
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B.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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C.
Bennu
Bennu is an ancient Egyptian mythological bird associated with the sun, creation, and rebirth, often seen as a precursor or counterpart to the Greek phoenix.
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D.
Nakhla
Nakhla is a valley near Mecca in the Arabian Peninsula historically known as an important pre-Islamic religious site.
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E.
Nakhl
Nakhl is a small desert town and administrative center located in Egypt’s North Sinai region, historically serving as a strategic waypoint in the central Sinai Peninsula.
- 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: Itokawa Target entity description: Itokawa is a small, peanut-shaped near-Earth asteroid best known as the target of Japan's Hayabusa sample-return mission.
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A.
asteroid 4179 Toutatis
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is a near-Earth, tumbling, elongated asteroid known for its close approaches to Earth and detailed radar imaging that revealed its distinctive contact-binary shape.
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B.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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C.
Bennu
Bennu is an ancient Egyptian mythological bird associated with the sun, creation, and rebirth, often seen as a precursor or counterpart to the Greek phoenix.
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D.
Nakhla
Nakhla is a valley near Mecca in the Arabian Peninsula historically known as an important pre-Islamic religious site.
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E.
Nakhl
Nakhl is a small desert town and administrative center located in Egypt’s North Sinai region, historically serving as a strategic waypoint in the central Sinai Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Itokawa