asteroid 52 Europa
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Asteroid 52 Europa is a large, dark main-belt asteroid notable for being one of the earliest discovered and among the bigger bodies in the asteroid belt.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| asteroid 52 Europa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21331709 — 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 52 Europa Context triple: [Hermann Goldschmidt, discovered, asteroid 52 Europa]
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A.
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.
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B.
asteroid 183 Istria
Asteroid 183 Istria is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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C.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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D.
asteroid 222 Lucia
Asteroid 222 Lucia is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named "Lucia," likely in honor of a woman connected to its discoverer.
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E.
asteroid 87 Sylvia
Asteroid 87 Sylvia is a large, dark main-belt asteroid notable for being one of the first known triple asteroid systems, with two small moons orbiting it.
- 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 52 Europa Target entity description: Asteroid 52 Europa is a large, dark main-belt asteroid notable for being one of the earliest discovered and among the bigger bodies in the asteroid belt.
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A.
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.
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B.
asteroid 183 Istria
Asteroid 183 Istria is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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C.
asteroid 1000 Piazzia
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia is a main-belt asteroid named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres.
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D.
asteroid 222 Lucia
Asteroid 222 Lucia is a main-belt asteroid discovered in the 19th century and named "Lucia," likely in honor of a woman connected to its discoverer.
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E.
asteroid 87 Sylvia
Asteroid 87 Sylvia is a large, dark main-belt asteroid notable for being one of the first known triple asteroid systems, with two small moons orbiting it.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.