1999 JU3
E1268049
UNEXPLORED
1999 JU3 is the provisional designation for asteroid 162173 Ryugu, a near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid visited by Japan’s Hayabusa2 sample-return mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1999 JU3 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17426548 — 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: 1999 JU3 Context triple: [162173 Ryugu, provisionalDesignation, 1999 JU3]
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A.
1998 KY26
1998 KY26 is a tiny, rapidly rotating near-Earth asteroid selected as the extended mission target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft.
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B.
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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C.
243 Ida
243 Ida is an asteroid in the main asteroid belt best known for being the first asteroid discovered to have its own moon, Dactyl.
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D.
St. Judy's Comet
"St. Judy's Comet" is a gentle, lullaby-like folk song by Paul Simon, known for its soothing melody and reflective lyrics.
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E.
S/1989 N4
S/1989 N4 is the provisional designation of Galatea, one of Neptune’s inner moons discovered in 1989.
- 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: 1999 JU3 Target entity description: 1999 JU3 is the provisional designation for asteroid 162173 Ryugu, a near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid visited by Japan’s Hayabusa2 sample-return mission.
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A.
1998 KY26
1998 KY26 is a tiny, rapidly rotating near-Earth asteroid selected as the extended mission target for Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft.
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B.
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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C.
243 Ida
243 Ida is an asteroid in the main asteroid belt best known for being the first asteroid discovered to have its own moon, Dactyl.
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D.
St. Judy's Comet
"St. Judy's Comet" is a gentle, lullaby-like folk song by Paul Simon, known for its soothing melody and reflective lyrics.
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E.
S/1989 N4
S/1989 N4 is the provisional designation of Galatea, one of Neptune’s inner moons discovered in 1989.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.