asteroid 1776 Kuiper
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Asteroid 1776 Kuiper is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Dutch-American astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper, a pioneer in planetary science and the study of the outer Solar System.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| asteroid 1776 Kuiper canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20479045 — 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: asteroid 1776 Kuiper Context triple: [Gerard P. Kuiper, hasEponym, asteroid 1776 Kuiper]
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A.
trans-Neptunian object Varuna
Trans-Neptunian object Varuna is a large Kuiper Belt body notable for its rapid rotation, elongated shape, and status as one of the brighter known objects beyond Neptune.
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B.
dwarf planet Orcus
Dwarf planet Orcus is a large Kuiper Belt object beyond Neptune, often compared to Pluto for its similar orbit and characteristics, and is accompanied by its moon Vanth.
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C.
Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth is a distant, bilobed trans-Neptunian world famously visited and imaged in detail by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after its Pluto flyby.
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D.
asteroid 1930 Lucifer
Asteroid 1930 Lucifer is a main-belt asteroid named "Lucifer," discovered in 1964 and known for its somewhat ominous designation rather than any unusual physical properties.
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E.
asteroid 279 Thule
Asteroid 279 Thule is a large, dark outer main-belt asteroid and the namesake of the Thule family, notable for its unusually distant, low-eccentricity orbit.
- 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: asteroid 1776 Kuiper Target entity description: Asteroid 1776 Kuiper is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Dutch-American astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper, a pioneer in planetary science and the study of the outer Solar System.
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A.
trans-Neptunian object Varuna
Trans-Neptunian object Varuna is a large Kuiper Belt body notable for its rapid rotation, elongated shape, and status as one of the brighter known objects beyond Neptune.
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B.
dwarf planet Orcus
Dwarf planet Orcus is a large Kuiper Belt object beyond Neptune, often compared to Pluto for its similar orbit and characteristics, and is accompanied by its moon Vanth.
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C.
Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth is a distant, bilobed trans-Neptunian world famously visited and imaged in detail by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft after its Pluto flyby.
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D.
asteroid 1930 Lucifer
Asteroid 1930 Lucifer is a main-belt asteroid named "Lucifer," discovered in 1964 and known for its somewhat ominous designation rather than any unusual physical properties.
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E.
asteroid 279 Thule
Asteroid 279 Thule is a large, dark outer main-belt asteroid and the namesake of the Thule family, notable for its unusually distant, low-eccentricity orbit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.