Asteroid 68410 Nichols named in her honor
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Asteroid 68410 Nichols is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Nichelle Nichols, the groundbreaking actress best known for portraying Lieutenant Uhura on the original Star Trek television series.
All labels observed (1)
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| Asteroid 68410 Nichols named in her honor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20392572 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Asteroid 68410 Nichols named in her honor Context triple: [Nichelle Nichols, honor, Asteroid 68410 Nichols named in her honor]
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Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark
Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark is a main-belt asteroid named in memory of NASA astronaut and physician Laurel B. Clark, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
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asteroid 3356 Resnik
Asteroid 3356 Resnik is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronaut Judith Resnik, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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C.
asteroid 1859 Kovalevskaya
Asteroid 1859 Kovalevskaya is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of pioneering Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya.
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D.
Sally Ride (Lunar Crater)
Sally Ride is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Sally K. Ride, the first American woman in space.
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E.
Susan Astronomonov
Susan Astronomonov is the real name of Mandark, Dexter’s rival boy genius in the animated television series "Dexter’s Laboratory."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Asteroid 68410 Nichols named in her honor Target entity description: Asteroid 68410 Nichols is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Nichelle Nichols, the groundbreaking actress best known for portraying Lieutenant Uhura on the original Star Trek television series.
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A.
Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark
Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark is a main-belt asteroid named in memory of NASA astronaut and physician Laurel B. Clark, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
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B.
asteroid 3356 Resnik
Asteroid 3356 Resnik is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of American astronaut Judith Resnik, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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C.
asteroid 1859 Kovalevskaya
Asteroid 1859 Kovalevskaya is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of pioneering Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya.
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D.
Sally Ride (Lunar Crater)
Sally Ride is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Sally K. Ride, the first American woman in space.
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E.
Susan Astronomonov
Susan Astronomonov is the real name of Mandark, Dexter’s rival boy genius in the animated television series "Dexter’s Laboratory."
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.