Comet 96P/Machholz (probable)
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Comet 96P/Machholz is a short-period, Sun-skimming comet in the inner Solar System, notable for its unusual chemical composition and association with several meteor showers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Comet 96P/Machholz (probable) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22999870 — 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: Comet 96P/Machholz (probable) Context triple: [Delta Aquariids, parentBody, Comet 96P/Machholz (probable)]
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A.
Comet 6P/d'Arrest
Comet 6P/d'Arrest is a short-period Jupiter-family comet in our solar system, notable for its roughly 6.5-year orbit and its discovery in the 19th century.
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B.
Dibiasky comet
The Dibiasky comet is the fictional, Earth-destroying comet central to the plot of the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up."
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C.
Comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet
Comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet is a periodic comet in our solar system, notable for its discovery by astronomer Caroline Herschel and later recovery by Roger Rigollet.
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D.
Comet C/1790 A1 (Herschel)
Comet C/1790 A1 (Herschel) is a historical long-period comet notable as one of the early cometary discoveries made by astronomer Caroline Herschel in the late 18th century.
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E.
9P/Tempel 1
9P/Tempel 1 is a periodic Jupiter-family comet best known as the target of NASA’s Deep Impact mission, which deliberately collided a probe with its nucleus to study its composition.
- 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: Comet 96P/Machholz (probable) Target entity description: Comet 96P/Machholz is a short-period, Sun-skimming comet in the inner Solar System, notable for its unusual chemical composition and association with several meteor showers.
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A.
Comet 6P/d'Arrest
Comet 6P/d'Arrest is a short-period Jupiter-family comet in our solar system, notable for its roughly 6.5-year orbit and its discovery in the 19th century.
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B.
Dibiasky comet
The Dibiasky comet is the fictional, Earth-destroying comet central to the plot of the satirical disaster film "Don't Look Up."
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C.
Comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet
Comet 35P/Herschel–Rigollet is a periodic comet in our solar system, notable for its discovery by astronomer Caroline Herschel and later recovery by Roger Rigollet.
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D.
Comet C/1790 A1 (Herschel)
Comet C/1790 A1 (Herschel) is a historical long-period comet notable as one of the early cometary discoveries made by astronomer Caroline Herschel in the late 18th century.
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E.
9P/Tempel 1
9P/Tempel 1 is a periodic Jupiter-family comet best known as the target of NASA’s Deep Impact mission, which deliberately collided a probe with its nucleus to study its composition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.