12621 Alsufi
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12621 Alsufi is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the 10th-century Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, renowned for his influential star catalog and observations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 12621 Alsufi canonical | 1 |
| 12621 Alsufi (asteroid) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19660673 — 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: 12621 Alsufi Context triple: [Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, hasAsteroidNamedAfter, 12621 Alsufi]
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A.
asteroid 1221 Amor
Asteroid 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth's orbit.
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B.
asteroid 1274 Delportia
Asteroid 1274 Delportia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte, known for his prolific discovery of minor planets.
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C.
162173 Ryugu
162173 Ryugu is a near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid studied up close and sampled by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft for insights into the early solar system and organic materials.
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D.
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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E.
Sulem
Sulem is a modern locality believed by some scholars to correspond to the ancient biblical town of Shunem in present-day Israel.
- 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: 12621 Alsufi Target entity description: 12621 Alsufi is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of the 10th-century Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, renowned for his influential star catalog and observations.
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A.
asteroid 1221 Amor
Asteroid 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth's orbit.
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B.
asteroid 1274 Delportia
Asteroid 1274 Delportia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte, known for his prolific discovery of minor planets.
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C.
162173 Ryugu
162173 Ryugu is a near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid studied up close and sampled by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft for insights into the early solar system and organic materials.
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D.
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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E.
Sulem
Sulem is a modern locality believed by some scholars to correspond to the ancient biblical town of Shunem in present-day Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Azophi
linked to: 12621 Alsufi