Adams crater on the Moon
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Adams crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century British mathematician and astronomer John Couch Adams.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20044171 — 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: Adams crater on the Moon Context triple: [J. C. Adams, hasHonorificEponym, Adams crater on the Moon]
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A.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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B.
Lassell crater on the Moon
Lassell crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century English astronomer William Lassell, known for his discoveries of several planetary moons.
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C.
Rittenhouse crater on the Moon
Rittenhouse crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer and inventor David Rittenhouse.
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D.
Chaffee crater on the Moon
Chaffee crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Roger B. Chaffee, one of the Apollo 1 crew members who died in a pre-launch test accident.
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E.
Rosseland Crater on the Moon
Rosseland Crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Norwegian astrophysicist Svein Rosseland, recognized for his contributions to stellar structure and radiative transfer theory.
- 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: Adams crater on the Moon Target entity description: Adams crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century British mathematician and astronomer John Couch Adams.
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A.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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B.
Lassell crater on the Moon
Lassell crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of the 19th-century English astronomer William Lassell, known for his discoveries of several planetary moons.
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C.
Rittenhouse crater on the Moon
Rittenhouse crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer and inventor David Rittenhouse.
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D.
Chaffee crater on the Moon
Chaffee crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut Roger B. Chaffee, one of the Apollo 1 crew members who died in a pre-launch test accident.
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E.
Rosseland Crater on the Moon
Rosseland Crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Norwegian astrophysicist Svein Rosseland, recognized for his contributions to stellar structure and radiative transfer theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.