Russell lunar crater

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impact crater on the Moon lunar crater lunar impact crater

Russell is a large, heavily eroded lunar impact crater located near the western limb of the Moon.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Russell (lunar crater)	51
Russell (crater)	10
Russell lunar crater canonical	1
shares eponym with Russell (lunar crater)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2264883 — 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: Russell lunar crater
Context triple: [Henry Norris Russell, hasHonorificName, Russell lunar crater]

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.
B. Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
C. Ernst Mach crater
Ernst Mach crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
D. Chaplygin crater
Chaplygin crater is an impact crater on the Moon’s far side, notable for its heavily eroded rim and location near the large walled plain Gagarin.
E. Schwarzschild crater
Schwarzschild crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, notable for its heavily eroded rim and complex interior features.
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: Russell lunar crater
Target entity description: Russell is a large, heavily eroded lunar impact crater located near the western limb of the Moon.

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.
B. Pavlov crater
Pavlov crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, located near the prominent Gagarin crater.
C. Ernst Mach crater
Ernst Mach crater is a large impact crater on the Moon’s far side named in honor of the Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.
D. Chaplygin crater
Chaplygin crater is an impact crater on the Moon’s far side, notable for its heavily eroded rim and location near the large walled plain Gagarin.
E. Schwarzschild crater
Schwarzschild crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, notable for its heavily eroded rim and complex interior features.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	impact crater on the Moon ⓘ lunar crater ⓘ lunar impact crater ⓘ
adjacentTo	Briggs (lunar crater) ⓘ Eddington (lunar crater) ⓘ linked to: Eddington crater Struve (lunar crater) ⓘ
catalogCode	IAU-approved lunar feature ⓘ
colongitude	76 ⓘ
condition	heavily eroded ⓘ
diameter	103 km ⓘ
eponym	Henry Norris Russell ⓘ
featureType	crater ⓘ
floorCharacteristic	marked by smaller craters ⓘ relatively level ⓘ
hasCentralPeak	no prominent central peak ⓘ
hasSatelliteCrater	Russell A ⓘ Russell B ⓘ linked to: Russell A Russell C ⓘ Russell D ⓘ Russell E ⓘ Russell F ⓘ Russell G ⓘ Russell H ⓘ Russell K ⓘ Russell L ⓘ Russell M ⓘ Russell N ⓘ Russell P ⓘ Russell R ⓘ Russell S ⓘ Russell T ⓘ Russell U ⓘ Russell V ⓘ Russell W ⓘ Russell X ⓘ Russell Y ⓘ
isPartOf	lunar near side limb region ⓘ
locatedIn	western lunar hemisphere ⓘ
locatedNear	western limb of the Moon ⓘ
locatedOn	Moon ⓘ
namedAfter	Henry Norris Russell ⓘ
observationalBestTime	when libration favors western limb ⓘ
observationalVisibility	foreshortened from Earth ⓘ
overlies	lava-flooded terrain ⓘ
rimCondition	worn and eroded ⓘ
rimShape	irregular ⓘ
selenographicLatitude	-18.9 ⓘ
selenographicLongitude	-75.9 ⓘ
surface	lava-flooded interior ⓘ

How these facts were elicited