David L. Rabinowitz
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David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David L. Rabinowitz canonical | 7 |
| David Rabinowitz | 4 |
| D. L. Rabinowitz | 1 |
| K. Rabinowitz | 1 |
| M. Rabinowitz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869041 — 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: David L. Rabinowitz Context triple: [Eris, discoveredBy, David L. Rabinowitz]
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A.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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B.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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C.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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D.
Louis Finkelstein
Louis Finkelstein was a prominent American Conservative rabbi and scholar who served as a long-time leader and chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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E.
Benjamin Rapoport
Benjamin Rapoport is a neurosurgeon and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the brain–computer interface company Neuralink.
- 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: David L. Rabinowitz Target entity description: David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
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A.
David B. Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is an American businessman and Republican political appointee who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary under President Donald Trump.
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B.
Jay O. Rothman
Jay O. Rothman is an American attorney and academic leader who serves as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
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C.
Daniel H. Weiss
Daniel H. Weiss is an American art historian and academic leader who served as president and CEO of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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D.
Louis Finkelstein
Louis Finkelstein was a prominent American Conservative rabbi and scholar who served as a long-time leader and chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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E.
Benjamin Rapoport
Benjamin Rapoport is a neurosurgeon and entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the brain–computer interface company Neuralink.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American astronomer
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation | Yale University Department of Astronomy ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
minor planet discovery
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solar system astronomy ⓘ |
| coDiscovererOf |
20000 Varuna
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90377 Sedna ⓘ Eris ⓘ numerous Kuiper belt objects ⓘ |
| coDiscovererWith |
Chad Trujillo
ⓘ
Michael E. Brown ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Arizona ⓘ |
| employer | Yale University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
observational astronomy ⓘ planetary science ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | Doctor of Philosophy in astronomy ⓘ |
| hasDiscovered |
minor planets
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near-Earth objects ⓘ trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType | peer-reviewed scientific articles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of 20000 Varuna
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discovery of 90377 Sedna ⓘ discovery of Eris ⓘ discovery of dwarf planets ⓘ discovery of numerous near-Earth objects ⓘ discovery of trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | David L. Rabinowitz self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
contributed to surveys for distant solar system objects
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Eris ⓘ
surface form:
helped identify Eris as a dwarf planet candidate
|
| notableWork | development of CCD detection systems for small bodies ⓘ |
| occupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Kuiper Belt objects
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surface form:
Kuiper belt objects
near-Earth asteroids ⓘ trans-Neptunian objects ⓘ |
| workLocation | New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: David L. Rabinowitz Description of subject: David L. Rabinowitz is an American astronomer known for his role in the discovery of several trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets, including Eris.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
David Rabinowitz
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David Rabinowitz
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K. Rabinowitz
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D. L. Rabinowitz
this entity surface form:
David Rabinowitz
this entity surface form:
David Rabinowitz
subject surface form:
90482 Orcus
this entity surface form:
M. Rabinowitz