Taurus–Littrow valley
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Taurus–Littrow valley is a geologically diverse lunar valley in the Moon’s Taurus Mountains that served as the landing and exploration site for NASA’s Apollo 17 mission.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taurus–Littrow valley canonical | 3 |
| Apollo 17 landing site | 1 |
| Taurus–Littrow ALSEP site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2169238 — 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: Taurus–Littrow valley Context triple: [Apollo 17, lunarLandingSite, Taurus–Littrow valley]
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A.
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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B.
Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
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C.
Mare Tranquillitatis
Mare Tranquillitatis is a lunar mare on the Moon’s near side, best known as the site of Apollo 11’s first crewed Moon landing.
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D.
Occator Crater
Occator Crater is a prominent impact crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, best known for its bright salt deposits that suggest past subsurface brine activity.
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E.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- 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: Taurus–Littrow valley Target entity description: Taurus–Littrow valley is a geologically diverse lunar valley in the Moon’s Taurus Mountains that served as the landing and exploration site for NASA’s Apollo 17 mission.
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A.
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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B.
Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
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C.
Mare Tranquillitatis
Mare Tranquillitatis is a lunar mare on the Moon’s near side, best known as the site of Apollo 11’s first crewed Moon landing.
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D.
Occator Crater
Occator Crater is a prominent impact crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, best known for its bright salt deposits that suggest past subsurface brine activity.
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E.
McNair crater on the Moon
McNair crater on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of astronaut and physicist Ronald McNair, one of the crew members who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apollo landing site
ⓘ
lunar valley ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram | Apollo program ⓘ |
| containsNamedFeature |
Camelot crater
ⓘ
Lee–Lincoln scarp ⓘ North Massif ⓘ Sculptured Hills ⓘ Shorty crater ⓘ South Massif ⓘ Tracy’s Rock ⓘ |
| containsSamplingSite |
Station 1
ⓘ
Station 2 ⓘ Station 3 ⓘ Station 4 ⓘ Station 5 ⓘ Station 6 ⓘ Station 7 ⓘ Station 8 ⓘ Station 9 ⓘ |
| exploredByAstronaut |
Eugene Cernan
ⓘ
Harrison H. Schmitt ⓘ
surface form:
Harrison Schmitt
|
| hasApolloLandingSite |
Taurus–Littrow valley
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo 17 landing site
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| hasFeature |
boulder fields
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craters ⓘ dark mantle deposit ⓘ highland material ⓘ mare basalt ⓘ massifs ⓘ scarp ⓘ valley floor ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalDiversity | high ⓘ |
| landingSiteOf | Apollo 17 ⓘ |
| lastSurfaceEVAByHumans | December 1972 ⓘ |
| lastVisitedByHumans |
Apollo 17
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo 17 mission
|
| locatedIn | Taurus Mountains (Moon) ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Taurus Mountains
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surface form:
Taurus Mountains (Earth analog name origin)
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| sampledDuringMission | Apollo 17 geological samples ⓘ |
| scientificInterest |
study of impact processes
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study of lunar highland–mare boundary ⓘ study of lunar volcanism ⓘ |
| usedBySpaceMission | Apollo 17 ⓘ |
| visitedByLunarModule |
Apollo Lunar Module
ⓘ
surface form:
Challenger (Apollo 17 LM)
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| visitedByLunarRover |
Lunar Roving Vehicle
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taurus–Littrow valley Description of subject: Taurus–Littrow valley is a geologically diverse lunar valley in the Moon’s Taurus Mountains that served as the landing and exploration site for NASA’s Apollo 17 mission.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apollo 17 landing site
this entity surface form:
Taurus–Littrow ALSEP site