missed asteroid Itokawa
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The "missed asteroid Itokawa" refers to the failed deployment attempt of the MINERVA lander during Japan’s Hayabusa mission, in which the small rover did not successfully reach or operate on the surface of asteroid Itokawa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| missed asteroid Itokawa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17359591 — 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: missed asteroid Itokawa Context triple: [MINERVA, deploymentOutcome, missed asteroid Itokawa]
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A.
asteroid Apophis
Asteroid Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid famous for its close approaches to our planet and for being closely studied as a potential impact hazard.
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B.
asteroid Šteins
Asteroid Šteins is a small, diamond-shaped main-belt asteroid that was closely studied during a 2008 flyby by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft.
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C.
The Wailing Asteroid
The Wailing Asteroid is a 1960 science fiction novel by Murray Leinster about humanity’s response to a mysterious signal from an approaching asteroid that hints at an ancient interstellar war.
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D.
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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E.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
- 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: missed asteroid Itokawa Target entity description: The "missed asteroid Itokawa" refers to the failed deployment attempt of the MINERVA lander during Japan’s Hayabusa mission, in which the small rover did not successfully reach or operate on the surface of asteroid Itokawa.
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A.
asteroid Apophis
Asteroid Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid famous for its close approaches to our planet and for being closely studied as a potential impact hazard.
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B.
asteroid Šteins
Asteroid Šteins is a small, diamond-shaped main-belt asteroid that was closely studied during a 2008 flyby by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft.
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C.
The Wailing Asteroid
The Wailing Asteroid is a 1960 science fiction novel by Murray Leinster about humanity’s response to a mysterious signal from an approaching asteroid that hints at an ancient interstellar war.
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D.
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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E.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.