Kirkwood crater
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Kirkwood crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer Daniel Kirkwood, known for his work on asteroid belt gaps.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kirkwood (lunar crater) | 13 |
| Kirkwood (crater) | 2 |
| Kirkwood crater canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2963250 — 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: Kirkwood crater Context triple: [Daniel Kirkwood, hasHonorificEponym, Kirkwood crater]
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A.
Sherman Crater
Sherman Crater is a prominent volcanic crater on the south side of Mount Baker in Washington State, known for its active fumaroles and role in monitoring the volcano’s geothermal and eruptive activity.
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B.
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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C.
Jezero Crater
Jezero Crater is an ancient impact basin on Mars that once hosted a lake and river delta, making it a prime site for studying past habitability and searching for signs of ancient life.
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D.
Decorah crater
Decorah crater is a buried meteorite impact structure located beneath the city of Decorah in northeastern Iowa.
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E.
Fizeau crater
Fizeau crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, named in honor of French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau.
- 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: Kirkwood crater Target entity description: Kirkwood crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer Daniel Kirkwood, known for his work on asteroid belt gaps.
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A.
Sherman Crater
Sherman Crater is a prominent volcanic crater on the south side of Mount Baker in Washington State, known for its active fumaroles and role in monitoring the volcano’s geothermal and eruptive activity.
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B.
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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C.
Jezero Crater
Jezero Crater is an ancient impact basin on Mars that once hosted a lake and river delta, making it a prime site for studying past habitability and searching for signs of ancient life.
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D.
Decorah crater
Decorah crater is a buried meteorite impact structure located beneath the city of Decorah in northeastern Iowa.
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E.
Fizeau crater
Fizeau crater is a large impact crater on the far side of the Moon, named in honor of French physicist Hippolyte Fizeau.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| catalogCode | IAU-approved lunar feature ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | lunar observers ⓘ |
| featureType | impact crater ⓘ |
| governingBody | International Astronomical Union ⓘ |
| hasAlbedo | low ⓘ |
| hasCentralPeak | no prominent central peak ⓘ |
| hasColongitude | 214 ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | 68 km ⓘ |
| hasEponymCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasEponymNotableFor | study of asteroid belt gaps ⓘ |
| hasEponymOccupation | astronomer ⓘ |
| hasInteriorFloor | relatively level ⓘ |
| hasRimCondition | eroded ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCraters |
Kirkwood E
ⓘ
Kirkwood K ⓘ Kirkwood L ⓘ Kirkwood M ⓘ Kirkwood N ⓘ Kirkwood X ⓘ |
| hasSurface | heavily cratered ⓘ |
| hasWallTerracing | minor ⓘ |
| locatedIn | lunar far side ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Daniel Kirkwood ⓘ |
| neighboringCrater |
Birkhoff crater
ⓘ
linked to:
Ernst Mach crater
Poynting crater ⓘ Rowland crater ⓘ Sommerfeld crater ⓘ Stebbins crater ⓘ Volterra crater ⓘ |
| observedByMission |
Lunar Orbiter program
ⓘ
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kirkwood crater Description of subject: Kirkwood crater is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer Daniel Kirkwood, known for his work on asteroid belt gaps.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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