Posidonius
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Posidonius is a prominent lunar impact crater notable for its large, flooded floor and location along the northeastern edge of Mare Serenitatis on the Moon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Posidonius canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22604723 — 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: Posidonius Context triple: [Mare Serenitatis, hasCraterOnMargin, Posidonius]
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A.
Posidonius of Apamea
Posidonius of Apamea was a prominent Hellenistic philosopher, polymath, and influential later Stoic thinker whose work bridged Stoicism with contemporary science, history, and geography.
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B.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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C.
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
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D.
Heraclides of Tarentum
Heraclides of Tarentum was an influential Hellenistic physician known for his contributions to medical theory and practice in the ancient Greek world.
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E.
Geminus of Rhodes
Geminus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Greek astronomer and mathematician known for his influential introductory treatise on astronomy, the "Introduction to the Phenomena."
- 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: Posidonius Target entity description: Posidonius is a prominent lunar impact crater notable for its large, flooded floor and location along the northeastern edge of Mare Serenitatis on the Moon.
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A.
Posidonius of Apamea
Posidonius of Apamea was a prominent Hellenistic philosopher, polymath, and influential later Stoic thinker whose work bridged Stoicism with contemporary science, history, and geography.
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B.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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C.
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
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D.
Heraclides of Tarentum
Heraclides of Tarentum was an influential Hellenistic physician known for his contributions to medical theory and practice in the ancient Greek world.
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E.
Geminus of Rhodes
Geminus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Greek astronomer and mathematician known for his influential introductory treatise on astronomy, the "Introduction to the Phenomena."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.