lunar crater Riccioli
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Riccioli is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the Moon’s western limb, known for its rugged walls and association with the 17th-century astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli.
All labels observed (1)
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| lunar crater Riccioli canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22766090 — 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: lunar crater Riccioli Context triple: [Giovanni Battista Riccioli, namedAfter, lunar crater Riccioli]
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lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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B.
lunar crater Le Gentil
Lunar crater Le Gentil is an impact feature on the Moon named in honor of the 18th-century French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil, known for his ill-fated expeditions to observe the transits of Venus.
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C.
lunar crater Arago
Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
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D.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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E.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
- 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: lunar crater Riccioli Target entity description: Riccioli is a prominent lunar impact crater located near the Moon’s western limb, known for its rugged walls and association with the 17th-century astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli.
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A.
lunar crater Piazzi
Lunar crater Piazzi is an impact crater on the Moon named in honor of Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi, discoverer of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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B.
lunar crater Le Gentil
Lunar crater Le Gentil is an impact feature on the Moon named in honor of the 18th-century French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil, known for his ill-fated expeditions to observe the transits of Venus.
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C.
lunar crater Arago
Lunar crater Arago is a small impact feature on the Moon’s Mare Tranquillitatis, named in honor of the French astronomer and physicist François Arago.
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D.
Baade lunar crater
Baade lunar crater is a large impact feature on the Moon’s far side named in honor of German astronomer Walter Baade.
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E.
von Kármán crater on the Moon
Von Kármán crater on the Moon is a large impact crater on the lunar far side, notable as the landing site of China’s Chang’e 4 mission and named in honor of aerospace engineer Theodore von Kármán.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.